Award Winners (2020)
Mission Boulevard Corridor Improvements Phase 2
Mission Boulevard Phase 2 is a Complete Streets project to improve multi-modal access and is part of a three-phase improvement to a major north-south arterial corridor. Extending over 7-1/2 miles within the City of Hayward, the Mission Boulevard (Formerly Route 238) Corridor Improvement Project is the largest capital improvement initiative in the City of Hayward’s history.
Ortega Ridge Mechanically Stabilized Tire Aggregate Wall
Santa Barbara County Public Works reconstructed a failed roadway embankment using recycled tires for the Ortega Ridge Road Slide Repair project. Public Works restored an unsafe road and diverted over 80,000 tires from California’s landfills in the form of Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) fill.
San Lorenzo River Parkway Phase III/Trestle Trail Project
Before May 2019, Santa Cruz cyclists and pedestrians had only a 4-foot wide walkway to cross the Railroad Trestle Bridge—a core City pathway. Thanks to the completed San Lorenzo River Parkway Phase III/Trestle Trail Project, they now have a 10-foot wide ADA compliant “Trestle Trail” providing improved safety and convenience.
GiveMeGreen!
GiveMeGreen! is a free smartphone application developed in partnership with Sensys Networks that allows bicyclists to be detected as they approach an intersection. By integrating the new technology into the existing traffic signal and adding dynamic signage to inform drivers and cyclists when the system is activated.
Tomorrow’s Paving Today
Yuba County leveraged future SB1 dollars to perform four years of road fixes in a single summer with savings to repair 30 percent more roadways. Since 1994, Public Works has had to rely almost solely on Highway Users Tax (gas tax) revenues.