ROAD-WIDENING PROJECT FUELED BY AEROSPACE EXPANSION HOPES CITY OKS PRELIMINARY PLANS TO ADD LANES TO BOULEVARD.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Trying to set the stage to accommodate future aerospace industry growth, Palmdale officials have commissioned a preliminary engineering project for widening 3.3 miles of Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Boulevard. City officials want to widen the road east of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. to improve access to Air Force Plant 42 and to relieve congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. at the intersection with Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , which gets jammed with aerospace workers heading to and from work at morning and evening traffic peaks. ``This is the No. 1 one road-widening project for the city because of the congestion,'' Mayor Jim Ledford said last week. The contractor, Lim and Nascimento Engineering Corp., the same firm overseeing the Avenue S corridor widening, will begin the preliminary engineering for the widening of Rancho Vista Boulevard between Fairway Drive, which is just east of the Antelope Valley Freeway, and 30th Street East. The firm is conducting the work under a $344,000 contract. The plan is to expand the road from two lanes in each direction to three lanes in each direction with a median. The work would also include bike paths on both sides of the road. Intersections would be striped with left-turn pockets and, where necessary, widened for right-turn lanes as well. By completing a preliminary engineering report, the city will have a better understanding on how much the widening will cost and be in a better position to receive federal funding, said Leon Swain, the city's public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. director. ``We're pushing the aspect that this involves access to a defense installation,'' Swain said. ``This is access to the companies that supply the Defense Department with aircraft. We're pushing the homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States aspect.'' The timetable for the project will depend on when the city can secure funding. The work will likely be done in phases, with the most critical area being the intersection with Sierra Highway, Swain said. A widened Rancho Vista Boulevard will aid in attracting a company to Site 9, the former B-1B bomber assembly plant at 30th Street East, city officials said. The city of Los Angeles
Spielberg movie. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A contractor is going to start preliminary work on widening 3.3 miles of Rancho Vista Boulevard to three lanes in each direction. That stretch is currently clogged during peak commuting times with aerospace industry employees driving to or from work. Jeff Goldwater/Associated Press |
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