Politics & Government

Traffic Advisory: Roadwork Around El Cerrito May Cause Minor Traffic Delays

Read on to find out what areas of town are affected.

Roadwork to improve a number of local streets in El Cerrito is underway. Weather-permitting, the pavement work planned for Wednesday and Thursday, April 23 and 24 will cause minor traffic delays (up to 5 minutes) for local traffic. The pavement work planned for Wednesday and Thursday, April 30 and May 1 will require temporary road or lane closures lasting 3-4 hours resulting in temporary detours and brief delays (up to 5 minutes) to local traffic.

This project is funded by the City’s Measure A Street Improvement Fund, (the El Cerrito Pothole Repair, Local Street Improvement and Maintenance Measure passed by voters in February 2008) and a $354,000 State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP) grant.

The street segments included in this project have moderately distressed pavement and will be resurfaced by applying an Asphalt Rubber Cape Seal treatment that is composed of a two-layer system of asphalt rubber chip seal with a slurry seal surfacing. Work has been underway for the last several weeks mainly constructing curb ramps at various locations associated with this project.

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The streets included in this Project are:

·         Bay Tree Lane

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·         Carquinez Avenue – Barrett to Lagunitas

·         Cutting Blvd – Arlington to Junction

·         Edwards Avenue – Barrett to Pointsett

·         Jordan Avenue – Nason to Alta Punta

·         Julian Drive

·         Julian Court

·         Knott Avenue – San Pablo to Key

·         Lawrence Court

·         Potrero Avenue – Arlington to Douglas

·         Regency Court

·         Scott Street

·         Tamalpais Court

·         Yuba Street – North City Limits to Zara

·         Waldo Avenue – Pomona to Ashbury

More information, including a map of the project is on the City’s website at: http://ca-elcerrito.civicplus.com/index.aspx?NID=516

Pavement Condition Index (PCI)

The City uses the standard Pavement Condition Index (PCI) to rate streets on a 100-point scale, with failed streets rated at 0 and excellent streets at 100. Thanks to voter support of Measure A in 2008, the City has made significant progress to improve local streets, and the City’s average PCI rating has improved from a score of 52 in 2007 to a score of 85 in 2010. For the past few years, the City of El Cerrito has been recognized among the top jurisdictions in Bay Area for pavement conditions. Information about the City of El Cerrito’s comprehensive Street improvement and maintenance program is in the City’s website at http://www.el-cerrito.org/streetpaving.

—Information provided by City of El Cerrito


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