SANTA MONICA TRANSIT PARKWAY UPDATE

The Santa Monica Roadway is Completed! Landscaping work will continue through summer 2007.

At last, we will FINALLY be able to drive down Santa Monica blvd and actually enjoy the $68,000,000 project. Construction of the SANTA MONICA TRANSIT PARKWAY began over three years ago in March of 2003. In fact, I can hardly remember what it was like to drive from Westwood to Beverly Hills before all the inevitable traffic, tractors, work crew and angry drivers. On a more positive note, our driving experience will now be a much more enjoyable one. The purpose of this three year project was to reconstruct and reconfigure 25 miles of roadway in order to help alleviate traffic.

The new boulevard has 3 eastbound and 3 westbound travel lanes. The on ramps to the northbound and southbound I-405 freeway have also been improved by adding a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) bypass lanes onto the freeway. In addition, there will be new street lighting and traffic signal systems, a landscaped median, bicycle lanes and bus priority features, some of which have been completed, but landscaping and some other associated improvements will not be complete until summer 2007.

For more information, you can visit smblvd.org or call 800-913-8777.

Posted by- Jamie Theis