Hermosa Beach playing catch up with street repairs [ROAD REPAIR CHART]
After nearly a year of delay, the city is scheduled to begin street improvements in February 2013. A total of 29 street segments will be rehabilitated, including pavement upgrades and other improvements related to drainage, tree removal and sidewalk damage due to tree roots, city officials said. The streets slated for work were identified in the city’s Pavement Management Report last updated in 2007, according to a staff report. The city’s annual street improvement budget is $650,000, and the money for the current round of street repairs was allocated nearly two years ago, said Public Works Director Frank Senteno. A short-staffed public works department has been playing catch up with the repair work. The 29 street segments were scheduled to be repaired as part of the 2011-12 fiscal year. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Public Works Director Frank Senteno said street repairs for the current fiscal year of 2012-13 should be designed this year and completed by summer 2013 – putting street repairs back on schedule. Senteno said the city had been selecting streets to repair using a philosophy of “Worst Streets First,” but is switching to a more cost-efficient method that would…
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