Project Summary

The project provides safety enhancements for drivers and pedestrians along E. 8th Street between Highland Avenue and Palm Avenue. Improvements include a new traffic signal at “M” Avenue; enhanced crosswalks with high intensity signing and striping; pedestrian refuge island and overhead advanced warning beacons for new crosswalk at “K” Avenue; new sidewalks and pedestrian curb ramps for ADA compliance; retaining walls for slope stabilization; and a “road diet” for traffic calming, converting four travel lanes to three travel lanes (two eastbound and one westbound) with protected left turn lanes at intersections and landscaped islands midblock.

Completed in 2015