ROADWORK TO ASSIST AEROSPACE INDUSTRY PLANS TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ADVANCE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - City officials are pushing ahead with plans to rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. the intersection of 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 and 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, a project city officials said is needed 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. and to assist the aerospace industry. The City Council approved preliminary engineering work on the $5.5 million project, which is part of a city plan to widen wid·en tr. & intr.v. wid·ened, wid·en·ing, wid·ens To make or become wide or wider. wid  en·er n. Rancho Vista
Boulevard to six lanes 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. for 3.5
miles. The intersection portion of the project is aimed at relieving
rush-hour congestion around Lockheed Martin's Plant 10.
``We're focused on the entrance to Lockheed and on Sierra Highway,'' said Mayor Jim Ledford. ``This will improve the left-turn movements.'' The design work is expected to take about a year. It will take about two to three years to complete the improvements. More than 6,500 workers now travel along Rancho Vista and Avenue M to jobs at Lockheed Martin's Plant 10 and the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Air Force Plant 42. ``This is a project that has to go forward if we are to be competitive in that (aerospace) field,'' said Councilman Richard Loa. Highlighting Plant 10 and Plant 42's contributions to national defense, Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, was able to successfully lobby for $2.8 million for the project to be included in a $286.4 billion, six-year federal transportation funding bill. Palmdale officials want to expand Rancho Vista Boulevard between Fairway Drive and 30th Street East 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. Intersections would be striped striped adj. Having lines or bands of different color or texture. Adj. 1. striped - marked or decorated with stripes stripy patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns) with left-turn pockets and, where necessary, widened for right-turn lanes as well. Having the preliminary engineering work in hand will assist the city in seeking additional grants to help finance the project. The preliminary engineering work was financed through a $309,000 state Transportation Department grant. The city allocated about $1 million in this year's budget for the project. Widening the boulevard the rest of the way east to 15th Street East and west to Fairway Drive would cost $6 million. Widening east to 30th Street East would cost an additional $6 million. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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