Torrance opts out: work begins on BCHD bike path
by Garth Meyer Conversion of a 10-foot-wide, 450-foot stretch of alley connecting Diamond Street and Flagler Lane into a bike path has created controversy due to its cost, and that the City of Torrance declined to participate in the project. The bike path improvement, which will stop at the Redondo/Torrance border, is to be paid for by a $1.83 million grant from Metro (Measure M funds) to the Beach Cities Health District. A construction crew started work July 10. It was delayed by the pandemic, and then by drawn-out negotiations with Torrance. The Torrance stretch of the alley will remain in its current condition. Along the alleyway, a six-foot-tall retaining wall is being built, and the adjacent hillside regraded. The Beach Cities Health District property is above the hillside. The project also includes repaving part of Diamond Street and putting in bicycle video sensors at the intersection of Prospect Avenue. After Torrance declined participation, $300,000 originally meant for the Torrance section of the path was reallocated to construction of the retaining wall and $190,000 meant for Torrance was reallocated to Diamond Street improvements requested by the City of Redondo Beach…
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