01 May Pittsburg Launches $4.4M Road Improvement Project

Loveridge Road between North Park Boulevard is undergoing pavement rehabilitation and new striping. (City of Pittsburg via Bay City News)

By Aly Brown
Bay City News

The city of Pittsburg will soon repair about 2 miles of pavement at a cost of $4.4 million as part of a rehabilitation plan for high-traffic roadways.

The first one, currently underway, will provide pavement rehabilitation and new striping along a half-mile segment of Loveridge Road from state Highway 4 to Pittsburg-Antioch Highway — the portion of roadway where West 10th Street turns into East 14th Street. Improvements are expected to take about four to six weeks, with the majority of the work performed in the evening and overnight.

The second is for East Leland Road in two separate places — from Bailey Road to John Henry Johnson Parkway and from Crestview Drive to Railroad Avenue. Construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks, according to John Samuelson, Pittsburg public works director and city engineer.

“The City Council has been consistent with their desire to improve the pavement condition of our roads,” Samuelson said.

The project is funded through a $2.4 million One Bay Area Grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area. The remaining $2 million will come from the city’s local tax-generated funds — the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Gas Tax Fund and Measure M.

“We are grateful to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and Caltrans for their funding assistance on this project that will repair this essential section of road,” Samuelson continued. “We appreciate the community’s patience with delays caused by the construction.”

Gabriel Piña, associate engineer and lifelong Pittsburg resident, underscored the need for roadway rehabilitation.

“The team has worked hard to move this project into construction, and we are excited to deliver a high-quality roadway to the residents and local businesses,” Piña said.

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