Construction News

Just a few of the many projects completed by the city.
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RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Street Rehabilitation

• Street Rehabilitation FY 2020 - Various streets in Berkeley were sealed, overlayed or reconstructed including Cedar, Center, Deakin, Michigan, Rose, Santa Fe, Shasta and West. Among the Complete Streets improvements included were Bicycle Plan and Pedestrian Master Plan recommendations to build a concrete island bicycle crossing at the 9th Street Bicycle Boulevard and Cedar Street intersection; install painted buffered and parking-protected bicycle lanes on Center Street; install painted bulbouts and sharrows on Santa Fe Avenue; and paint high visibility crosswalks at multiple locations. The project also included curb ramp installations/upgrades, sidewalk repairs, speed table installations and drainage improvements. Funding was provided by Senate Bill 1 Transportation Tax, Alameda County Measures B and BB Sales Tax, Capital Improvement Fund and Clean Storm Water Fund.
    
     
  
  
• Measure T1 Street Improvements and Green Infrastructure - Street improvements on Monterey and Ward included pavement overlay or reconstruction and pedestrian and bicycle improvements. Among the Complete Streets improvements were Bicycle Plan and Pedestrian Master Plan recommendations for a buffered bicycle lane on Monterey Avenue and speed tables on Ward Street.  Green infrastructure work included installation of bioswale planters at Page, Channing, Dwight, Grayson and Piedmont and pervious concrete pavement in the parking lane along the northern perimeter of San Pablo Park.
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• Measure T1 Street Improvements - Adeline, Hearst and Milvia were overlayed or reconstructed including the construction of new bicycle, pedestrian, and transit improvements on sections of Adeline, Hearst, and Milvia. These enhancements included protected bike lanes on Adeline Street and Hearst Avenue to increase bicyclist safety. New bus boarding islands on Adeline Street were added to decrease conflicts between bikes, buses, and automobiles at bus stops, and increase bus route efficiency and reliability. The improvements on Adeline and Hearst are funded by Berkeley’s voter approved $100 million Measure T1 Bond Program for renovation of City facilities and infrastructure. Paving on Milvia Street was supported by funding from the Alameda County Measure BB Transportation Sales Tax.
   
  
• Street Rehabilitation and Surface Seals FY 2019 - Various streets in Berkeley were overlayed, reconstructed or sealed including 6th, Bonar, Burnett, Carleton, Catalina, Delaware, Derby, Highland Place, Ridge, and Station Place. Curb ramps were installed or upgraded and drainage improvements were made. Among other incorporated complete street improvements were Bicycle Plan and Pedestrian Master Plan recommendations for an upgraded bicycle lane on 6th Street and high visibility crosswalks. Funding was provided by Senate Bill 1 Transportation Tax, Alameda County Measures B and BB Sales Tax, and Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
  
  
• Panoramic Hill Rehabilitation Project - Streets in the Panoramic Hill area were overlayed or reconstructed including Arden, Bancroft, Canyon, Dwight, Mosswood, Panoramic Pl, Panoramic Way, and Prospect. Retaining walls were constructed and drainage improvements were installed. Curb ramps were installed or upgraded and sidewalk repairs made. Also included were new thermoplastic traffic striping and pavement markings and roadside signage. Funding was provided by Senate Bill 1 Transportation Tax, Alameda County Measures B and BB Sales Tax, and Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
    
  
• FY 2018 Measure M Street Rehabilitation - Various streets in Berkeley were overlayed or reconstructed including Jones, Murray, Prince, Josephine, Hilgard, Rugby and Vermont. Curb ramps were installed or upgraded and sidewalk repairs made. Also included were drainage improvements and new thermoplastic traffic striping and pavement markings. Funding was provided by the Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
  
  
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2017 - Various streets in Berkeley were overlayed or reconstructed including Bancroft, The Alameda and Solano. Curb ramps were installed or upgraded and sidewalk repairs made. Alameda County Measure B and BB Sales Taxes provided a majority of the funding.
  
• FY 2017 Measure M Surface Seals - Various streets throughout Berkeley including 8th, Berryman, Campus, Cragmont, Delaware, Parker, Sonoma, The Alameda, The Circle, Vincente, and Woolsey were resurfaced with a slurry seal or rubber cape seal. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping and markings were also installed. Funding was provided by the Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
  
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2016 - Various streets in Berkeley were overlayed or reconstructed including Codornices, Heinz, Parnassus, and Rose. Full Depth Reclamation was performed on Claremont Blvd, Belrose, Derby, and Warring, a major commute corridor. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping and markings were also installed. Alameda County Measure B and BB Sales Taxes provided a majority of the funding.
   
• Measure M FY 2015 Surface Seals - Various streets throughout Berkeley including 9th, California, Thousand Oaks, Keith, Berkeley, and Russell were resurfaced with a slurry seal or rubber cape seal. Funding was provided by the Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
  

• FY15 Measure M Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction – Various streets throughout Berkeley were overlayed or reconstructed with conventional asphalt, including Grizzly Peak, Addison, Jaynes, Bancroft, and Keeler. This project also included Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) on 10th, Folger, and Buena, which reclaimed and mixed existing native subgrade material with cement resulting in a strengthened structural section under the asphalt. Funding was provided by the Measure M General Obligation Bond for Streets and Watershed Improvements.
  Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Hot-Mix (RAC Hot-Mix) was also used in overlays on Dwight, Cedar, Rose, and Russell. RAC Hot-Mix paving was funded through a grant disbursed by CalRecycle and has resulted in the diversion of 9,760.55 California waste tires from the waste stream.
   

• Street Rehabilitation FY 2015 - Various streets in Berkeley were overlayed (Alcatraz, Channing, College, Dwight, Fulton, and Sacramento) or received microsurfacing (Durant and Hearst). New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping and markings were also installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
  
  
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2014 Phase 2 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including Wildcat Canyon, Cedar, La Loma, Le Roy, Muir, Menlo, Allston, Milvia, Parker, and Vine) were overlayed or reconstructed. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping and markings were also installed. Measure M, the Streets and Watershed Bond, and Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax, were major sources of funding for this project.
    
    
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2014 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including Grizzly Peak, Ridge, Contra Costa, Fulton, Henry, and Milvia) were overlayed. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping and markings were installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
     
   
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2013 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including 4th, Cowper, Dwight, Hillside, Potter, Sacramento, and Woolsey) were overlayed or reconstructed. Drainage improvements were installed on 4th Street. New curb ramps, thermoplastic striping/markings and upgraded traffic circle signage were installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
      
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2012 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including 4th, Adeline, Josephine, Lincoln, Northgate, Park Hills, and Yosemite) were overlayed or reconstructed. New curb ramps, thermoplastic striping/markings and upgraded traffic circle signage were also installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
    
• Sacramento Street Overlay - Sacramento Street was overlayed from University Avenue to Dwight Way. Sidewalk was repaired and new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed. Funding was provided from State Proposition 1B Transportation Bond, Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax, and Gas Taxes.
     
• Sacramento Street Rehabilitation - Sacramento Street was reconstructed from Dwight Way to Ashby Avenue. Sidewalk was repaired, new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed and the in-pavement crosswalk lights at Oregon Street were replaced. Funding was provided by a grant from the Federal Surface Transportation Program and the City's General Fund.
    
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2011 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including Bancroft, Claremont Crescent, Dana, Dowling, Marin, Milvia, Oakvale, and Webster) were overlayed or reconstructed. New concrete valley gutters were installed at Bancroft/5th intersection. New curb ramps, thermoplastic striping/markings and upgraded traffic circle signage and stanchions were also installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
      
   
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2011 Phase 2 - Ashby Place, Halcyon Court, Hazel and Webster were overlayed or reconstructed. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed. A new traffic island was installed at Ashby Place and Ashby Avenue replacing a guardrail. Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax funds were provided from the City's Traffic Calming budget to build the island.
  
     
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2010 - 9th, California, Channing, Ellsworth, and Milvia (all bicycle routes) in Berkeley were overlayed or reconstructed. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed. New concrete valley gutters were installed at 9th/Channing intersection. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
     
• University Avenue - McGee to Oxford - The pavement on University Avenue from McGee Avenue to Oxford Street was reconstructed/overlayed, sidewalk was repaired and new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed. Funding was provided by State funds from Proposition 1B Transportation Bond.
   
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2009 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including Bateman Street, Bay View Place, Bonita Avenue, Hilgard Avenue, Le Roy Avenue, Mabel Street, Middlefield Road, Rose Street, Scenic Avenue, Spring Way, The Crossways, and Virginia Street) were overlayed or reconstructed.  Storm drain improvements were made at the Mabel/Carrison, Mabel/Haskell, Mabel/67th, and Mabel/66th intersections. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were also installed. Funding was provided in part by Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax.
   
    
• University Avenue Paving Phase 3 - The pavement on University Avenue from Sacramento Street to McGee Avenue was reconstructed, sidewalk was repaired and new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were installed. Funding was provided by an economic stimulus transportation grant from the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and by State funds from Proposition 1B Transportation Bond.
  
• University Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation - University Avenue from San Pablo Avenue to Sacramento Street was reconstructed. New video traffic detection was installed at the Sacramento Street intersection and new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were also installed. Funding was provided by an economic stimulus transportation grant from the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
  
• University Avenue Reconstruction - University Avenue from 4th Street to San Pablo Avenue was reconstructed and the overpass leading to/from Interstate 80 was repaved. A new video traffic detection system was installed at the 6th Street intersection. Also included were new curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings.
  
• Street Rehabilitation FY 2008 Phase 2 - Various streets throughout Berkeley (including Channing Way, Harper Street, Haste Street, Overlook Road, Sacramento Street, Shattuck Avenue, Telegraph Avenue, Virginia Street, and Webster Street) were overlayed.  Storm drain improvements were made at Shattuck/Oregon and Shattuck/Russell. New curb ramps and thermoplastic striping/markings were also installed.
     

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