APWA Project Award

On Friday, August 19, the City was awarded APWA Project of the Year for transportation improvements between $10 - $30 million dollars for the West Capitol Avenue Safety Enhancement Project. The project team celebrated with a group photo after a thank you speech from the project manager, Ryan Teves. A huge thank you to the City’s Leadership for their decision to move forward on this project.

Project Overview

The West Capitol Avenue Project began construction in July 2020. The Grand opening was held on May 5, 2022.  

West Capitol Avenue is envisioned as the City of West Sacramento’s Downtown-- a central core with a vibrant main-street that takes advantage of its prime location, provide an attractive setting for a variety of land uses including the Civic Center, Community Center, Transit Hub, as well as residential, commercial and urban parks that are accessible via multiple modes of transportation.  

The West Capitol Avenue project achieved several major accomplishments - pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle safety, road rehabilitation, improved utilities, and underground infrastructure. A critical component of this project includes the sustainable use of recycled car tires in the pavement on West Capitol Avenue.  

Each year, Californians generate approximately 40 million scrap tires. The City of West Sacramento helped to do its part by diverting approximately 27,046 waste tires from being disposed to landfills by using them in our road rehabilitation project. There are several benefits of incorporating recycled tires into roads including less maintenance, quieter roads, and better contrast between pavement and road striping, hence improving pedestrian, bike list, and vehicle safety.  

The City of West Sacramento is thankful for receiving a grant from the department of resources recycling and recovery (Calrecycle) to utilized recycled rubber tires to complete the road rehabilitation for this project.  

Photo: City of West Sacramento leadership and Project team officially re-open West Capitol Avenue May 5, 2022

Reopening May 5, 2022

The City of West Sacramento is pleased to announce the reopening of West Capitol Avenue between Jefferson Blvd and Enterprise Blvd. as part of the conclusion of the West Capitol Avenue Realignment and Rehabilitation Project. This project also included work being done along Jefferson Blvd from West Capitol Ave to Park Blvd

On May 5, 2022, the City and community celebrated this achievement with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Joey Lopes Park. City leadership including Vice Mayor Quirina Orozco, Supervising Civil Engineer Vin Cay, Director of Capital Projects Ariana Adame, and representatives of Sacramento Area Bike Advocates (SABA) spoke to the importance of the project, the improvements to traffic safety, and how this project reinforces West Sacramento’s dedication to become a more bike friendly community.

Initially built in the 1950s as part of the Lincoln Highway, West Capitol Avenue has been overdue for extensive rehabilitation and modernization. The West Capitol Avenue Realignment and Rehabilitation Project repaired three miles of deteriorating street pavement, enhanced safety by adding bright green separated bike lanes, installed and retrofitted existing mid-block crossings, and added street lighting for safer pedestrian crossings. The project also incorporated underground improvements, including replacing water lines along the corridor installing fiberoptic cabling to improve communications.

The ribbon cutting event concluded with a bike ride along the alignment, showcasing the project improvements.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

KCRA’s Report

http://www.kcra.com/article/multimillion-dollar-west-sacramento-safety-project-complete-in-time-for-bike-month/39918440

Daily Democrat Article  

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/2022/05/05/west-sacramento-celebrates-completion-of-road-rehabilitation-project-with-bike-ride/

Photo: Ribbon Cutting Reopening Invitation, May 5, 2022

Project Information

Status:  

Completed  

Location:  

West Capitol Avenue between Jefferson Blvd and Enterprise Blvd. Approximately 3 miles.  

Background:  

West Capitol Avenue was initially built in the 1950s as part of the Lincoln Highway.  

Description or Scope:  

The primary goals were to repair deteriorating pavement and enhance safety for all users by reducing unnecessary vehicular travel lanes, adding separated bike lanes, installing, and retrofitting existing mid-block crossings, and adding street illumination to create safer pedestrian crossings.  

The project also included underground improvements which will install and replace existing water lines along the corridor. Fiberoptic cabling was added along the entire project to improve communications.  

Project Benefits:  

The West Capitol Avenue project improved pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle safety, road rehabilitation, improved utilities, and underground infrastructure.  

This project also used recycled car tires in the pavement, diverting approximately 27,046 waste tires from the landfill. There are several benefits of incorporating recycled tires into roads including less maintenance, quieter roads, and better contrast between pavement and road striping, hence improving pedestrian, bike list, and vehicle safety.  

The City of West Sacramento is thankful for receiving a grant from the department of resources recycling and recovery (Calrecycle) to utilized recycled rubber tires to complete the road rehabilitation for this project.  

Schedule:  

Construction July 2020 - April 2022

Grand Reopening May 5, 2022  

Funding:  

The City of West Sacramento received a grant from the department of resources recycling and recovery (Calrecycle) to utilized recycled rubber tires to complete the road rehabilitation for this project.  

The City was successful in securing HSIP and SACOG Regional/Local funding for this project along with local and SB1 dollars to address the deficiencies along the corridor.