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Published on 07/14/1999 All articles from this issue

Los Altos plans 10 miles of street repair, resurfacing

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By Joanne Griffith Domingue / Town Crier Staff Writer

William H. Brickner is probably smiling. He nominated his block of Leonello Avenue for the Town Crier pothole patrol, and now it's on the city's list for summer patching and resurfacing.

"Major potholes and sinkholes have developed, causing motorists to swerve all over the street to avoid the bumps," Brickner said. He wanted the whole roadway repaved "properly instead of just doing a patch job."

Well, that's going to happen. And not only on Brickner's street.

Thanks to county money from Measure B funds - that 1/2-cent sales tax increase passed by voters in 1996 - Los Altos will be receiving an extra $1.2 million for street repair for 1999-2001.

Usually Los Altos spends $500,000 to $600,000 per year on street work. This year the city will be spending $1.34 million. The work is scheduled to begin this summer.

Slurry seal projects are planned for August and repaving in September, said Bruce Bane, director of public works for Los Altos. The work will improve about 10 miles of streets.

Two of the largest resurfacing projects include most of South El Monte Avenue as well as Fremont Avenue from Loyola Corners to Stevens Creek. All of Grant Road is scheduled to be patched. Sections of Cuesta Drive and Springer Road are also scheduled to be patched.

The affected residents will receive a letter from the city, "so all will have advance warning," Bane said.

"The goal of this kind of work is to not have potholes," Bane said, "by trying to avoid pavement failure."

Los Altos Hills will be receiving a two-year total of $328,538 from Measure B funds, "to fill potholes and repair streets," said County Supervisor Joe Simitian.

Measure B funds will also pay for improvements to the Highway 85-101 interchange in Mountain View. The accident rate on that stretch of freeway is 40 percent higher than average, Simitian said.

For a complete list and map of streets scheduled for resurfacing or patching in Los Altos, call city hall, 948-1491.