“Know before you go” is a weekly update on construction projects throughout Santa Monica. Here are the construction project initiated by City Hall for the week of July 25: Beach pedestrian access The Idaho Avenue stairs between Palisades Park and the beach are closed for cleanup and repair. The stairs are expected to open by the end of the week. Cingular telecommunications lines Cingular is installing telecommunication lines on San Vicente Boulevard between 17th and 19th streets. There may be detours around the work area. Civic Center parking structure Construction of a new 900-space Civic Center Public parking structure located on Fourth Street, next to the Public Safety Facility, continues. Construction will require the closure of Avenida Mazatlan and the Fourth Street sidewalk. One lane of southbound Fourth Street is subject to closure while work is occurring. There also may be delays entering the Civic Center parking lot from Fourth Street — use the Main Street entrance. Fire hydrant relocation City Hall’s water resources division is relocating and installing new fire hydrants on Wilshire Boulevard between Fifth and Seventh streets. Each installation will take approximately two working days. Work also will be to cap and remove old connections of fire hydrants that were relocated. The construction will take up the one westbound lane, as well as the parking lane. Traffic control plans have been submitted and approved for the work. Gas Company main replacement Southern California Gas Company is replacing a 4-inch main on Ocean Park Boulevard between 14th and 16th streets. There will be detours around work areas. Follow posted signs. LADWP electrical transmission line repair The city of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power has begun emergency electrical transmission line repair at 2677 Centinela Ave., just north of Ocean Park Boulevard. LADWP anticipates that repair work will take several months. The target completion date is Aug. 30. Construction crews w (For more information, log on to http://santa monica.org/engineering/projects/kbug_project_list.asp or call 310-458-8721.)
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2005. Read the original PDF.