Hermosa Beach public works reports sewer bypass, Bayview lining, Clark Building work and Greenbelt trail nearing completion

Public Works Director Joe San Clemente told the Hermosa Beach City Council on Jan. 28 that several infrastructure projects are in active construction or close to mobilization, and that city engineers are reviewing multiple bids for larger street and park projects.

San Clemente said the Los Angeles County Sanitation District has installed a bypass line on Monterey Avenue to allow lining work on Bayview Drive from Fourth to Tenth Street. He said crews planned to switch the flow to the bypass ahead of lining mobilization and that pavement restoration will follow the sanitation work.

The Cal Water main replacement on Bayview is wrapping up; San Clemente said Cal Water had completed lateral service connections from Second to Sixth Street and was working in the Sixth-to-Eighth Street block with final pavement restoration to follow.

San Clemente said the Clark Building renovation was nearly half complete, with interior plumbing, drywall and HVAC work underway and a target completion in April. He added that the Greenbelt Pedestrian Trail project was nearing substantial completion, with some final grading and hydroseeding required and one temporary southbound Ardmore lane closure in place for work.

On larger capital investments, San Clemente reported that bids had been received for resurfacing on Pier Avenue, Valley Drive and several residential streets, plus improvements for Kelly Courts and South Park irrigation — projects he said represented more than $6 million of construction work to come and that staff hoped to bring to council for award on Feb. 25. He also said the PCH resurfacing project (a Caltrans undertaking) had been re-advertised after previous bids were rejected and that Caltrans planned to readvertise in summer with potential construction later this year.

San Clemente said the city had submitted grant applications through the South Bay Coalition of Governments for pedestrian-crossing and bus-stop safety improvements, and that staff would pause some phases of design until awards were announced in April. He told council members that coordination among Cal Water, the sanitation district and city crews would continue to minimize lane impacts and to schedule final pavement restoration work.

Council members asked follow-up questions about utility-trench restoration, the timing of resurfacing on Monterey and Caltrans coordination on Pacific Coast Highway safety improvements.