The $13.3 million “Avenue R Complete Streets and Safe Routes to Schools” project will widen Avenue R, create walkable routes with sidewalks, install class II bike lanes, increase overall safety for all road users, improve signalized intersections, and will aesthetically enhance the corridor, city officials said in a news release.
“The Avenue R corridor is one of our city’s main thoroughfares and these improvements have been a long time coming,” said Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbauer. “We have worked hard to acquire the funds needed to bring it up to the standards in terms of safety, access, and function that our residents need and deserve.”
Improvements will also be made at the intersection of Avenue R-4 and 11th Street East (the entrance to Tumbleweed Elementary School).
Construction will take up to two years to complete and will be phased to limit road closures along Avenue R. Motorists should expect traffic delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes.
Residents can email any project-related questions to AveRconstruction@cityofpalmdale.org.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
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Garry Cope says
When will the actual work on the road start on the Ave R project?
Cathy Des Lauriers says
Construction is everything. The street needs to be engineered to be truly safe for cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, rather than leaving safety to the individual drivers,
The bike lanes need to have barriers, so when drivers are looking at their cell phones they cannot veer into the bike lanes and kill people. The street itself should not be widened, because that encourages speeding. A raised center median would be good for pedestrians trying to cross the wide street before the light changes.
Actually, this is not a street I would choose to bike on. I would rather ride on a side street with slower and fewer cars. Drivers are always complaining that bike lanes don’t get used. This is why.
AV Resident says
Will there be a new posted ‘speed limit’ ??? How about slowing people down?
And just maybe, in the near future, there can be a way to target those using cell phones on our streets and highway, while driving, to issue an instant citations.
We have the technology, Us It !!
JC says
What does construction have to do with cell phone usage?