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Manteca queuing up more & more & more road work
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The City of Manteca seal as it is today without the original cross atop the rendering that initially was meant to represent a place of worship in “The Family City.”

No less than six projects relating to city street drivability, road safety, and addressing traffic congestion are before the Manteca City Council when they meet at 6 p.m. today.

“The meeting is about streets, streets, and more streets,” noted Mayor Gary Singh.

Projects before the council include:

*Rehabbing streets in the Shasta Park neighborhood bounded on the west by North Main Street, on the north by East Louise Avenue, the east by Highway 99, and on the south by East Edison Street.

*Forming an area of benefit to accommodate the widening of South Main Street from the 120 Bypass to Woodward Avenue.

*Resurfacing Wawona Street from  Main Street to Union Road as well as adding bike lanes and ADA curb ramps.

*Traffic calming devices (speed lumps) along Wawona Street from Airport Way to Junction Drive as well as along Elm Avenue from West Alameda Street to Blossom Drive.

*Slurry seal, enhanced pedestrian  crossings, and bike lanes on Yosemite Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Main Street.

*Citywide Safe Routes to School Project including the installation of enhanced pedestrian crossings, curb ramps, HAWK signal at Moffat and Garfield, new signal at Main Street & Jason Street, and ancillary safety improvements in the vicinity of Brock Elliot Elementary, Golden West Elementary, Manteca High, Shasta Elementary, Sierra High, and Stella Brockman Elementary schools.

The work is in addition to smaller pavement replacement projects being tackled by city crews as well as the North Main Street addition of medians from Alameda Street to Northgate that includes some paving work, bike lanes being added, ADA ramps and high profile crosswalks being added. That work is now underway.

Singh noted the temporary 20-year three-quarter cent Measure Q sales tax, to a significant degree is helping some projects move forward.

That is especially true with the Shasta Park work that carries a price tag approaching $8 million.

The project that is the most ground breaking is on South Main Street.

It marks the first time ever a commercial endeavor is involved with putting full street improvements in ahead of all land bordering the street being developed.

Essentially, a developer is fronting the money for improvement in front off land that they will be reimbursed for when it does develop.

The area of benefit on South Main from the 120 Bypass to Woodward Avenue will establish what various developers and parcels yet to have a project along the stretch proposed will pay to ultimately:

*widen the stretch to six lanes.

*install curbs, gutters, and sidewalks.

*install a median.

*widen the eastbound on-ramp to the 120 Bypass.

Meanwhile, a related endeavor that Mayor Singh has been shepherding will see the installment of traffic signals at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Atherton Drive.

Work on the signals is expected to start in the coming months.

 

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com