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Watsonville briefs RTC on street, trail and bridge projects; city cites multiple grants including $320,000 SS4A planning award and CARB sub‑application
Summary
City of Watsonville staff presented a 2024 project roundup and 2025 pipeline to the RTC on Feb. 6, listing roadway repaving, a new traffic signal, pedestrian and school safety programs, a Harkins Slough pedestrian bridge project and multiple grants the city has secured or pursued.
Marie Fontes, assistant public works director for the city of Watsonville, reviewed transportation projects the city completed in 2024 and its near‑term priorities on Feb. 6.
Fontes said the city completed a 1.2‑mile road maintenance and restriping project on Ohlone Parkway, restriped Freedom Boulevard segments, and took advantage of water‑main replacement resurfacing to repair sections of Pennsylvania Drive. The city installed a new traffic signal at Freedom Boulevard and Sydney Avenue, funded in part by State Transportation Improvement Program funds allocated through the RTC plus gas tax and SB 1 funds.
On active transportation and safety, Fontes told the commission Watsonville installed or upgraded 108 crosswalks…
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