GROUNDBREAKING EVENT MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH!

Construction for the Ocean Park Boulevard “Complete Green Street” project begins the week of December 5th, 2011. This project is the result of many years of planning and collaboration between community members, City staff, and other local stakeholders. The end result will benefit of the Ocean Park neighborhood and the entire Santa Monica community as a model of sustainability, multi-modality and low-impact street design. From Nielson Way to Lincoln Blvd., Ocean Park Blvd. will be turned into a "Complete Green Street,” which will result in a better performing, enhanced streetscape that is pedestrian- and bicycle-oriented, attractive, green, and prevents urban run-off from entering the Santa Monica Bay.

Key Project Elements include:

• Wider sidewalks

• Parkway/storm water biofilter swales and infiltration areas, and a drip irrigation system

• Over 100 new trees, new landscaping and medians

• New marked crosswalks with enhanced overhead flashing beacons

• More visible, painted bike lanes and traffic striping, and new artist-designed bike racks

• Street furniture, trash and recycling cans, and 75 pedestrian-scaled light poles

• Traffic signal improvements

• Los Amigos Park storm improvements

      

In celebration of this exciting project, the City and the Ocean Park Association are hosting a small groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, December 12^th at 10AM on the Ocean Park Library lawn. Street parking is available on Main Street, but attendees are also encouraged to bike, walk or use the Big Blue Bus.

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The Ocean Park Boulevard "Green Streets" project was initiated in March 2008 at the request of the Santa Monica community.  The project aims to examine the portion of Ocean Park Boulevard west of Lincoln Blvd. to Neilson way, and to develop solutions to issues based on scale, character, health and safety, sustainability, landscaping, accessibility and circulation.

 

The below map depicts the project area, which includes over a half mile of vehicular right of way, more than 6000 linear feet of sidewalks, and involves pocket parks, two schools and the 4th Street overpass. 

Construction of the Ocean Park Boulevard Green Street will begin in Fall 2011.  Please see the REFERENCE page to download the staff presentations.

******************************************************************** 1st Workshop: Visioning
The first community workshop was held on Monday, March 3rd at the John Muir/SMASH auditorium in the Ocean Park neighborhood.  Over 60 participants turned out to voice their visions for this important neighborhood street.  Click here to view their comments.

******************************************************************** 2nd  Workshop: Alternatives
The second community workshop was held on Wednesday, April 23rd at the John Muir/SMASH auditorium in the Ocean Park neighborhood.  Over 40 participants returned to review design alternatives and to evaluate overlay options such as a viewing deck from the 4th Street bridge, and traffic circles along the boulevard.

Download the PowerPoint by clicking HERE

******************************************************************** 3rd Workshop: Final Design
The third community workshop was held on Tuesday, February 2nd at the John Muir/SMASH auditorium in the Ocean Park neighborhood.  Over 60 residents participated in reviewing the final design concept and discussing the implementation of the project.

Download the PowerPoint by clicking HERE

******************************************************************** 4th Workshop: Schematic Design
The fourth community workshop was held on Monday, September 20th at the John Muir/SMASH auditorium in the Ocean Park neighborhood.  Over 50 residents participated in reviewing the schematic design, the landscape architecture concept, and the traffic and civil engineering components.

Download the PowerPoint by clicking HERE

 

This page was last modified on 12/06/2011