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# Letter: Residents question overlapping road work and missed construction deadlines
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/103003-story-20031030/
- Published: 2003-10-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:08:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Mike Lipsey Santa Monica Ditto on kudos to Big Blue Bus Editor:*

Is it just me or is the city allowing an awful lot of road construction in the same area at one time? I live just off of Ocean Park Boulevard around 14th Street and the current construction, while I’m sure has good reason to be there, has been expanding, it seems, as well as taking a very long time to complete.

When it originally started, the permit stated completion on Sept. 30 — clearly this didn’t happen and the permit was extended to Oct. 21\. This permit is still posted and it is well past that date. Now I see similar permits on Cloverfield Boulevard and that they are tearing up Lincoln Boulevard just south of Ocean Park Bouelvard as well. Who is in charge of this? I come home in the middle of the day and my whole street is blocked off to where even I, a resident, can’t enter. It’s very frustrating. Then there is the noise. My fiancé works from home once a week and since this construction started she’s been hindered by the noise generated by this project which is clearly past its publicly posted deadline.

My question goes to the City Council, who I believe we should hold responsible for this problem. Who is in charge of this project and how accountable are they being held for going so far past their deadline? Also, is the construction company who has this contract being held accountable for this transgression of time?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 30, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/103003.pdf?ref=smdp.com)