Bayside Drive, Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue
Location
Bayside Drive (from PCH to Jamboree); Jamboree Avenue (from PCH to North Bay Front)
City or County Responsible for Project
City of Newport Beach
Category
Roads: Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects.
Author
Dave Webb
City of Newport Beach-Public Works
100 Civic Center Drive
949-644-3330
Project Description
Bayside Drive and Jamboree Road/Marine Avenue Improvements project was a multi-purpose endeavor designed to provide traffic calming measures, beautification, and sustainability along the high volume corridor. Bayside Drive is a heavily traveled thoroughfare that provides the main access to multiple neighborhoods, a retail center, and Balboa Island. A portion of Bayside Drive is located at the busy intersection/entrance to Balboa Island. For context, Balboa Island is home to many residents and also a popular tourist destination. Aside from the ferry, the Bayside Drive corridor serves as the only vehicular entrance to the island. Due to the high volume of the corridor, the City of Newport Beach had to address the following concerns: maintaining neighborhood/shopping center access, pavement rehabilitation, curb/sidewalk repair, improved pedestrian/bicycle access, speed/accident reduction, and beautification. After thoughtful consideration and community involved-input, the final project consisted of a multi-modal solution. The design improved circulation for pedestrians by linking a new sidewalk segment to a mid-block crossing to access a retail center. Traffic calming improvements included: enhanced buffered bike lane striping with high visibility legends, curb bulbouts and new striping to narrow traffic lanes, new landscaped medians, and new decorative median striping. The project also modernized the traffic signal operation at Bayside Drive/Marine Avenue intersection and the Bayside Drive mid-block crossing. This crossing also implemented an updated angled pedestrian refuge area for enhanced visibility. In order to mitigate accessibility and noise control issues, special construction consideration was taken into account. The majority of the work was scheduled in winter months to reduce conflicts and avoid the tourist population during the summer. This minimized the impacts to local businesses, residents, cyclists and pedestrians that regularly access this community. Night work was scheduled while paving the bridge to maintain access to the Island. The bridge was paved in a single night to expedite the restoration of full access to the Island. In total, an average of 4,200 tons of Asphalt Rubber Hot-Mix (ARHM) was used to complete the paving. This equates to about 5,775 passenger tires that were recycled for this project. Newport Beach will greatly benefit from the multimodal improvements that were implemented as part of this project. Improved traffic circulation, active bicycle and pedestrian options, landscaped medians and waste prevention are just a few of the highlights garnered from this design. Overall, the City of Newport Beach was successful in providing a safe, sustainable and beautified corridor. Both residents and visitors will benefit from these improvements. This project recently received the 2019 APWA Best Award for “Traffic, Mobility, and Beautification.”
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