TITLE
Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-6830 for the Vista Street Bike Boulevard; award the project to and authorize City Manager to execute a contract with MG Construction & Development, Inc., in an estimated amount of $659,747, plus a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $65,975, if necessary and if funds are available, and to execute any necessary amendments thereto. (Districts 2,3)
DISCUSSION
In an effort to provide sustainable transportation alternatives to the community, as well as a safe route to several neighborhood schools, the City of Long Beach is installing a "bike boulevard" on Vista Street, extending from Temple Avenue to Nieto Avenue. A bike boulevard is a local road or residential street that has been enhanced with treatments to facilitate safe and convenient bicycle travel for cyclists of all ages and skill levels. Bike boulevards accommodate bicyclists and motorists in the same travel lanes with no impact on parking. The bike boulevard on Vista Street will provide a safe route to school for students at Lowell Elementary and Rogers Middle School on the east, and Horace Mann Elementary on the west end of Vista Street. More broadly, the bike boulevard will provide a convenient, direct cycling option for families with young children, students, commuters, and recreational cyclists.
The proposed improvements on Vista Street will include seven traffic circles and two roundabouts to act as traffic calming measures, bike route identification and directional signage; pavement markings; and one new traffic signal. Exhibit A shows the location of these proposed improvements. Exhibit B is a concept drawing that shows the location of the traffic circles and roundabouts, and Exhibit C shows the distinctive signage that will be used on the Vista Street Bike Boulevard.
This project is the first of several bike boulevard projects proposed to be constructed in the City. In addition to showing the limits of the current Vista Street bike...
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