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The following projects were submitted to the Office of Congresswoman Laura Richardson for inclusion in the upcoming Surface Transportation Authorization Bill. They are not listed in any priority order.
Highway / Bridge Projects
Gateway Cities
Project of National Significance
Preparation for the Design of the I- 710 Freeway and Freight Corridor
Request
$80,000,000
Significance
The design project includes not only improvements to the entire freeway to modernize it, but also an adjacent freight corridor to move containers and goods to and from the two ports at the southern end. Other project aspects include adjacent arterial highway improvements, transit upgrades, and ITS improvements for goods movement. The project also includes four freight corridor lanes to move containers and goods to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Seventy percent (70%) of the goods moved in this community-approved freight corridor are bound for destinations beyond California. The I-710 freight corridor lanes will likely be the first part of a regional freight transportation system in Southern California.
Gateway Cities
Project of National Significance
Trucks Inspection/ Enforcement Projects for Southeast Los Angeles County
Request
$46,000,000
Significance
The I-710 Freeway has the highest truck related accident rates of any freeway in the country. There is no permanent truck inspection or enforcement facilities to address the large volume of drayage trucks that service the two ports, resulting in a large number of unsafe trucks that cannot be inspected by CHP.
City of Carson
Project
Wilmington Avenue Interchange Modification at the I-405 Freeway Project
Request
$8,888,000
Significance
The Wilmington Avenue Interchange Modification at I-405 Project is located in the city of Carson, 5.5 km east of the SR-110/I-405 and 5.8 km west of the I-710/I-405 interchanges. The proposed project includes modification of the ramps, construction of new I-405 northbound ramp, and widening of Wilmington Avenue from 223rd Street, south of I-405, to 220th Street north of the Interchange. Additionally, this project proposes to synchronize all traffic signals at this location, extending from 220th Street to the north, to 223rd Street to the south.
City of Carson
Project
Avalon Boulevard Interchange Modification at the I-405 Freeway Project
Request
$10,000,000
Significance
The project will modify the configuration of the existing interchange of Avalon Boulevard at Interstate 405 (I-405) in the City of Carson. This interchange is located in the City of Carson, Los Angeles County. The proposed project is approximately 2.19 kilometers southeast of I-405 interchange with Main Street and 1.10 kilometer northwest of I-405 interchange with Carson Street.
City of Signal Hill
Project
Environmental Review for Modernizing the I-405 Freeway Ramps at Cherry Avenue
Request
$1,000,000
Significance
The project will conduct the Environmental Review study on improving the I-405 freeway access to Cherry Avenue, a major transportation corridor used in the local and regional movement of goods and access to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the Long Beach Airport. Cherry Avenue is also classified as a state evacuation route in the event of a natural disaster or national security incident at the ports or airport.
City of Carson
Project
223rd Street Improvements from Lucerne Street to Alameda Street project
Request
$4,000,000
Significance
The 223rd Street Improvement project from Lucerne Street to Alameda Street consists of rehabilitation of the existing pavement, construction of missing sidewalk, curb & gutter, and street lights, construction of raised concrete landscape median curbs with patterned concrete where required for traffic visibility considerations. An extensive array of low maintenance shrubs, plants, and trees will help screen the Auto Row shoppers from the light industrial business and will help offer an aesthetically pleasing “gateway” into the city at this point.
Port of Los Angeles
Project
I-110 Connectors Program - South Wilmington Grade Separation
Request
$33,000,000
Significance
Port of Los Angeles
Project
I-110 Connectors Program - I-110 NB/SR 47 SB Interchnage & JS Gibson Ramps
Request
$20,000,000
Significance
Arterial & fwy-to-fwy interchange improvements on SR 47 (Vincent Thomas Bridge) and I-110; I-110 carries 10% of all U.S. containers.
Port of Los Angeles
Project
I-110 Connectors Program - I-110 NB/C Street Interchange
Request
$11,000,000
Significance
Arterial interchange improvements on the I-110; I-110 carries 10% of all U.S. containers volume. Improves connections to the I-110 and SR 47.
City of Compton
Project
Critical Road Rehabilitation – Compton
Request
$10,500,000
Significance
The streets included in this project are severely deteriorated, and subject to large potholes, especially after rains. Some of these potholes have been large enough to create traffic hazards. During the project design phase, opportunities to include safety enhancements such as bicycle lanes and the right turn’s lanes will be investigated. Improper vehicle alignment reduces gas mileage and causes vehicles to emit more pollutants, while replacing tires also increases the carbon footprint of motorist. Improving the street will reduce these impacts. Improving the streets can also result in reduced gas consumption by allowing drivers to take more direct routes to their destinations, instead of taking indirect routes to avoid driving on damaged streets.
City of Long Beach
Project
Critical Road Rehabilitation – Long Beach
Request
$6,784,000
Significance
The project will be a green demonstration project that will include resurfacing with asphalt containing up to 15 percent recycled material as well as recycled rubber from old tires. It is estimated that up to 120,000 tires will be recycled through the use of rubberized asphalt in this project. In addition, all of the old asphalt material to be removed under this contract (70,000 tons) will be recycled into new asphalt or utilized as base material on other street projects. This equates to 5,000 times the tons of trash disposed by a typical Long Beach family over a one-year period.
Gateway Cities
Project
SR-91/I-605/I-405 Freeway Corridors Congestion Relief Projects- Planning and Environmental Phases
Request
$9,000,000
Significance
Two of the freeways (I-605 and I-405) are interstate highways and serve multiple regions in Southern California. Traffic studies already performed by Gateway Cities have shown that the freeway system for the SR-91/I-605/I-405 freeway corridors carries as many trucks from the two ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as does I-710 to destinations beyond California. This is projected to increase in the future, making these freeways of national significance for the transport and distribution of goods from the two ports to points beyond California.
City of Carson
Project
Sepulveda Blvd Widening from Alameda Street to the East City Limit
Request
$5,500,000
Significance
The project involves widening Sepulveda Boulevard 48-feet in both directions from the center line for approximately 1,475 linear feet by adding one-lane, a sidewalk in each direction and a 14-foot center raised median. The typical section of the proposed roadway will provide a total of three 11-foot westbound lanes and three eastbound lanes (two 12-foot lanes and one 11 foot lane). Sidewalks 6-feet in width will also be constructed on either side of the roadway to increase the overall width to 96-feet.
Gateway Cities
Project
Air Quality Monitoring Programs and Monitoring Stations for I-710
Request
$12,000,000
Significance
The I-710 project will improve this antiquated freeway (and improve air quality) and add a freight movement corridor that is supported by the local communities to move containers and goods from the two ports. The freight corridor, which will be part of a regional system, has national significance as 70% of the goods from these two ports are bound for destinations outside of California. Residents along I-710 suffer with adverse health caused by the pollution from freight movement, but there are no air quality monitoring stations in the corridor to measure the adequacy of steps that are intended to improve air quality.
City of Carson
Project
Alameda Street Sound Wall and Community Improvement Project
Request
$18,500,000
Significance
Alameda Street Soundwall project consist of design and construction of a soundwall of sufficient height to reduce noise levels to an acceptable level, shielding the Dominguez Village residential neighborhood from noise generated by vehicular and train traffic along Alameda Street.
Gateway Cities COG
Project
Regional Goods Movement Transportation Coordination
Request
$2,400,000
Significance
Without improvements to the Southern California transportation system, truck and rail movements will overwhelm local systems, affecting the economic viability of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Requested funding will permit Gateway Cities to actively participate in efforts to assure residents of steps to improved mobility and address adverse health impacts from goods movement related problems.
Gateway Cities
Project
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for the I- 710 corridor.
Request
$44,000,000
Significance
Intelligent Transportation Systems can provide measureable improvements by reducing traffic congestion, increasing travel efficiencies, and enhancing mobility and air quality. The I-710 corridor is the major transportation corridor moving goods into and out of the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. About 70 percent of those goods go beyond California making the improvements to I-710 of national significance. The ITS improvements will be tailored to benefit all goods movement, as well as traffic flow for the general public, enhancing efficiency, including for goods going beyond California.
Port of Long Beach
Project of National Significance
Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement
Request
$375,000,000
Significance
The Desmond Bridge project entails demolition and replacement of the existing bridge with a six-lane cable-stayed bridge. The project also includes reconstruction of the Terminal Island East and the I-710 Freeway/Desmond Bridge interchanges. These funds would be used to partially fund the Right of Way Phase (R/W) and the Construction Phase of the project. The R/W work consists of a significant utility relocation effort within the Port to clear the right of way for the project. The construction work would be part of the overall construction cost of the bridge, the approaches to the bridge, and the interchanges at either end of the bridge.
City of Long Beach
Project of National Significance
Realignment of the I-710 Freeway Shoemaker Bridge and four ramps serving downtown Long Beach to Golden Avenue.
Request
$56,000,000
Significance
The I-710 Freeway is the primary gateway to and from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, combined the second largest Port in the world. Improvements to the I-710 Freeway have been planed to facilitate goods movement, relieve congestion, and separate cars and trucks as a safety measure. This project is a part of the approved Major Corridor Study, which was completed in 2005, and which identified this project as an Early Action Project. The realignment of the I-710 Freeway Shoemaker Bridge and ramps will provide improved access form the I-710 Freeway to Long Beach for vehicles that separate from Port traffic to go into the downtown area.
City of Signal Hill
Project
Orange Avenue and Hill Street Bridge
Request
$7,120,000
Significance
The project involves the removal of the existing bridge at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Hill Street and installing an at-grade two-lane facility consisting of new signals, ADA curb ramps, sidewalk, curb and gutter, retaining walls, and street lights. The project will provide inter-jurisdictional connectivity for bikes and pedestrians, and it is consistent with the City of Long Beach’s Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan.
City of Compton
Project
Construction Phase of Rosecrans Ave. Bridge Project
Request
$10,500,000
Significance
This project will remove the partial bridge / grade separation between Rosecrans Avenue and the surrounding streets, thereby increasing the safety and visibility on Rosecrans Avenue and the cross streets. It will also remove merging conflicts at both ends of the bridge, where the at grade lanes connect to the local cross-streets merge into the overhead lanes. The existing bridge structure physically separates streets either side, and prevents efficient traffic circulation in the surrounding area. It also restricts connectivity between Rosecrans Avenue, an arterial street, and the adjacent neighborhood.
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Bicycle / Pedestrian Projects
City of Long Beach
Project
Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit Improvements in Long Beach
Request
$4,000,000
Significance
The Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit Improvements in Long Beach project promote safe and convenient access and travel for all users, leading to modal shifts from driving to walking, biking and riding transit, which are key to reducing carbon emissions. The ten corridors include Carson Street, Spring Street, Bellflower Boulevard, Ocean Boulevard, Broadway Street, 2nd Street, Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard, Artesia Boulevard, and Willow Street within the City Limits.
City of Long Beach
Project
Improve pedestrian and traffic safety on the 3-mile corridor of the Pacific Coast Highway from the I-710 Freeway to Cherry Avenue.
Request
$8,000,000
Significance
Pacific Coast Highway is a regional corridor that provides a direct connection between Los Angeles and Orange Counties, extending throughout the length of the City of Long Beach. In addition to being the most heavily traveled corridor in the City, averaging 40,000 ADT (average daily trips), it is also home to four of the five highest accident locations within Long Beach. This project would provide Complete Streets improvements along the 3-mile corridor from the I-710 Freeway to Cherry Avenue, which would increase pedestrian and traffic safety, including median construction, landscaping and enhanced lighting.
City of Long Beach
Project
Construct and install interim safety improvements on freeway overpasses at Artesia Street, Wardlow Street, Willow Street, Pacific Coast Highway, and Anaheim Street to provide safe bicycle and pedestrian access.
Request
$2,800,000
Significance
Improvements will include protected bicycle and pedestrian facilities to provide safety and separation from trucks and automobiles. These overpasses span about one mile to pass over both the I-710 freeway and the Los Angeles River, and serve as the only linkages for students to reach their local high schools.
City of Long Beach
Project
Safety Improvements on Highway Overpasses for Cyclists in Long Beach
Request
$2,800,000
Significance
These Bicycle Boulevards will form the basis of a transformation underway in Long Beach to implement sustainable transportation alternatives that provide convenient and safe bicycle access throughout the City’s 50 square miles. The Bicycle Boulevard network will include north-south and east-west linkages throughout the City. Bicycle Boulevards are streets that have been optimized for biking and walking to provide direct, convenient, and safe routes for bikes. These Bicycle Boulevards will connect and/or extend the 75 miles of existing Class I, II, and III bike routes in Long Beach, to create a safe and attractive bicycling and pedestrian environment for families and cyclists of all ages and abilities.
Port of Los Angeles
Project
Wilmington Waterfront Access Improvements Phase 1- Pedestrian Facilities
Request
$36,000,000
Significance
Grade Separated Pedestrian Plaza.
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Transit Projects
California State University Dominguez Hills
Project
T.R.A.N.S.I.T– The Regional Alliance of Neighboring Colleges and Students to Improve Transportation
Request
$2,172,000
Significance
The project will help increase the number of full-time students who take public transportation to and from California State University, Dominguez Hills. The project will fund public transportation passes to allow more students to leave their single-occupancy vehicles at home and decide to use clean-burning public transit. Because the public transportation pass is already accepted by all of the agencies in this partnership, students are now using the bus for other destinations, which means that students are clearly adopting a public transit-oriented culture which will motivate them to become users of public transit even beyond college
Long Beach Transit
Project
Clean Fuel Bus Purchases for Long Beach Transit
Request
$23,000,000
Significance
Long Beach Transit is working hard to replace aging, diesel buses with clean fuel (gasoline-hybrid electric) buses, and now nearly 50% of the 40’ bus fleet is comprised of clean fuel buses. The requested funding will further improve environmental quality through the reduction of both diesel and greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, increased reliability of service due to a newer fleet of vehicles will make transit a more feasible option for commuters, possibly reducing single occupancy vehicle travel and emissions in the region.
City of Gardena
Project
Purchase of three gasoline hybrid electric buses for service expansion by Gardena Municipal Bus Lines.
Request
$1,488,000
Significance
The project has regional significance because the buses procured would provide enhanced transit service throughout the service area of Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. Besides the City of Gardena, the system provides service to the cities of Hawthorne, Los Angeles, Carson, Compton, Redondo Beach, Torrance, and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Also, the expanded transit service would have regional air quality benefits by getting people out of their cars and into low emission clean fuel hybrid electric buses. Congestion would be relieved by the provision of more frequent transit service.
Los Angeles County
Project
Pilot program to expand transit access passes to students.
Request
$2,214,000
Significance
In January 2009, LACCD launched a pilot program and purchased transit access passes (TAP) for 28,000 full time students to be sold for $15 each. The TAP card is valid on all Metro rail and buses. 5 LACCD colleges are also served by municipal bus operators. To maximize TAP benefit, the proposed 2-year demonstration project will transform the current TAP program into a regional student TAP program where municipal operators and Metro service are included. This demonstration program can be shared with other colleges and universities in Southern California.
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University Research Projects
California State University Long Beach
Project
Linear Synchronous Motor Applications to Efficiently and Cleanly Move Freight
Request
$3,000,000
Significance
The Linear Synchronous Motor Applications to Efficiently and Cleanly Move Freight program would research, develop, and demonstrate an electric retrofit system to move cargo on trucks and rail while eliminating pollution and improving cargo throughput at ports and intermodal transportation facilities.
California State University Long Beach
Project
Research Funding for METRANS Transportation Center
Request
$21,000,000
Significance
The METRANS Transportation center conducts education, training, research, technology transfer, and information dissemination at USC and CSULB. Its mission is to solve transportation problems in large metropolitan areas to improve mobility, sustainability, and regional economic health. It specializes in freight and international trade, public transit, urban mobility, and infrastructure. The funding will be used to carry a wide variety transportation and intermodal research.
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Rail Projects
Port of Los Angeles
Project
POLA World Cruise Center/Ports of Call Access Improvements - Red Car System Phase 1 - San Pedro Connector (includes trolley cars & Maintenance Facility)
Request
$53,000,000
Significance
'This phase of the expansion of the rail/spur line includes: 0.6 miles for the City Dock No. 1 Extension, 0.75 miles for the Outer Harbor Extension. This project improves the transit circulator function within the San Pedro Community and Waterfront area. The maintenance building will house six Red Car trolleys with repair pit area, storage and parts area, work surface area to reflect the character of buildings in the 1920's.
Port of Los Angeles
Project
POLB/POLA Truck Traffic Reduction Program/Rail System - West Basin Railyard
Request
$58,000,000
Significance
San Pedro Bay Ports Rail System - West Basin Rail Access Improvements (B. 200 Rail Yard) Rail staging/storage tracks to improve use/operations of adjacent on-dock railyards.
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