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The Route
- Bring
the path out of the channel just past the Avenue 43 Bridge (this
bridge is a major barrier to an at-grade that begins at the
Sycamore
Park
Bridge
and would be expensive to get around, although options should be
explored).
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Typical Bike Trail Section |
- Proceed at street grade along
Homer Street
,
Heritage Square
and Northeast Trees lot. This
is LA Recreation and Parks property, and it should be possible to
develop a trail easement through this area.
- Install
a bike-sensitive traffic light at
Pasadena Avenue
to allow bikes to proceed across the street
- Proceed
through an easement on the Welch’s property
- Proceed
by tunnel (already built) under the Gold Line track.
- Proceed
through the Caltrans easement near the car impound lot to the
Cypress Ave.
(Gauntlet) Bridge on grade and beyond it all the way to Avenue 26.
- Go
underneath the Avenue 26 Bridge (passage is already in place) and
proceed via easement with Caltrans and Los Angeles Bureau of
Sanitation all the way to Avenue 19 at grade.
- Explore
the possibility of re-opening the second barrel under
San Fernando Road
bridge to provide passage underneath that road to Avenue 19.
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| Section through Heritage Square |
Other
Amenities
- Reduce
as far as possible the removal of native trees on the route by gently
winding around trees; non-native trees should be removed to
incorporate habitat improvements into the project
- Undertake
a tree planting program to mitigate the loss of any trees in the area
and to improve habitat values; plant 500 15 gallon native trees in the
project area.
- Use
permeable paving on the street grade path to reduce runoff and the
negative effects of hard paving in the area.
Benefits of the ASF Alternative
These changes
to the proposed County project:
- Can
complete both phases of the project in a timely and cost-effective
approach; probably can be completed for similar cost since ramps are
major expense.
- incorporate
habitat restoration into the program
- open
up access to the
Cypress Ave.
(Gauntlet) Bridge from both directions right away rather than
deferring access to a future, unfunded phase
- reduce
the negative impacts on future stream restoration and water quality
improvement projects
- reduce
dangers to riders in high water and flood conditions and make the
facility available year-round
- eliminates
the dangerous Avenue 26 bike/car interface
- improve
the safety and connectivity (upstream and downstream) of the path
- reduce
long-term maintenance and security costs of the project
- make
the plan more attractive to cyclists and more likely to attract
regular commuters
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