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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an Implementation Agreement with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments to perform the Lakewood Rosemead Boulevard Corridor Complete Streets Evaluation and Master Plan for an amount not to exceed $50,647. (Districts 4,5)
DISCUSSION
Lakewood Boulevard is a major arterial that carries a significant amount of traffic, relieving heavy traffic volumes from the 405 and SR 91 freeways, and is a signature entry corridor into Long Beach and the Long Beach Airport. Running north-south, Lakewood Boulevard traverses the Gateway Cities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Bellflower, Paramount, Downey, Pico Rivera and the County of Los Angeles. Given the importance of the efficient operation of this arterial for all modes of transportation and its effect on the quality of life for surrounding neighborhoods, these Gateway Cities would like to develop a Lakewood Boulevard Complete Street Evaluation and Master Plan.
A component of the Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan will be the development of a Master Plan for Arterial Highways that incorporates the “Complete Streets” concept, under which streets are designed to maximize the efficiency for not only automobile, truck, and bus traffic, but also for bicycle and pedestrian traffic, making the corridor a more walkable, bikeable, drivable, and aesthetically pleasing street. Included is the idea of “First Mile and Last Mile,” by which strategies are developed to encourage non-motorized access to and from transit facilities for the first mile of a trip, as well as the last mile of a trip.
The Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Study is the second arterial corridor study being advanced under this program; the Artesia Boulevard Corridor Study was previously approved. The Lakewood Boulevard corridor is a major north-south travel corridor through the entire length of the Gateway Cities sub region. The staff of these agencies have held two meetings at the GCCOG to discuss advanci...
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