City’s Annual Guardrail Safety Improvement Program Restores 11 Sites

Pasadena has repaired or replaced damaged guardrails at 11 locations throughout the city under its Annual Guardrail Improvement Program. 

The Department of Public Works and a contractor undertook the repairs and reportedly finished them on time and within budget.

The City Council approved a contract with Danny C. Hubbs Construction for the project on May 9, for $364,315. Construction started in August.

Three of the existing guardrails were deemed substandard and had to be replaced; the other eight were repaired to meet current Caltrans guardrail standard plans.

The City has over 70 guardrail locations along its street network, according to a survey conducted by the Public Works Department in 2019.

A report by Public Works Director Tony Olmos showed work was completed early in October. The locations of the repaired or replaced guardrails are as follows:

• 1358 Inverness Drive, 300 feet south of Edgehill PIace
•  1865 Braemar Road, 400 feet south of Normandy Road
• 921 Glen Oaks Blvd., 1,320 feet south of Linda Glen Drive
  
• 2016 Linda Vista Ave., south of the Foothill Freeway overpass
  
• 1260 South Arroyo Blvd. at Columbia Street
  
• 1449 North Arroyo Blvd. at Palisade Street
  
• 1211 Church Street, 200 feet north of Brentnall Road
  
• 1406 Lida Street, 1,322 feet west of Knollwood Drive
  
• 1480 Poppy Peak Drive, 600 feet south of La Lorna Road
  
• Oak Grove Drive, 1,400 feet west of North Windsor Ave.
  
• 1301 Parkview Ave. at Laurel Street

A large portion of the project was funded by a $289,000 grant secured by the City through the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).