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Redondo Beach advances Diamond Street restriping plan to improve safety near Redondo Union High
Summary
City staff will develop final design documents for Diamond Street between PCH and Prospect after council endorsed protected/buffered bike lanes, limited parking removal, curb extensions and coordination with Redondo Union High. Staff will circulate school‑access schematics to council and continue coordinating with the school district.
The Redondo Beach City Council voted to advance final design documents for a package of safety and circulation improvements on Diamond Street aimed at easing peak‑hour congestion around Redondo Union High School.
Traffic engineers presented data showing heavy parking utilization, cyclist/vehicle conflicts at Seahawk Way and Del Amo, and 17 collisions along school frontages in the last five years—many during drop‑off and pickup times. Ryan Lu, the city traffic engineer, said the proposal minimizes parking loss while adding buffered and protected bike lanes, modular curb extensions at key intersections and more bike parking near campus.
“Where we can fit the protected bike lane, we will; where we can’t, we propose buffered lanes to increase separation from vehicles,” Lu said. Staff recommended removing one parking space west of Del Amo in order to install a protected bike lane segment and reconfiguring some bus stops to align with crosswalks.
Councilmembers pressed staff on coordination with the school district over a potential through‑access or turnaround on Francisca/Francisco and asked that the city share the school‑access schematics prepared by staff. Council also raised implementation questions—funding, timing and maintenance—including the additional repainting and street‑sweeping needs associated with expanded striping.
Council approved a motion to proceed with the project’s design documents (excluding expanded Vincent Park loading changes), and accepted a friendly amendment requiring staff to circulate the school through‑access schematics to the full council and continue reengagement with the school district. The motion passed unanimously.
Funding and next steps: Staff said design work is funded and about $100,000 of implementation funds remain in related accounts; a full cost estimate will be prepared as design advances, and staff will seek construction timing to avoid school sessions, potentially targeting next summer depending on funding and scheduling.
What residents said: Neighbors and school stakeholders participated in earlier engagement; some voiced support for through‑access to reduce neighborhood spillover parking, while others urged protection for the Vincent Park residential area.
The council’s action authorizes completion of final design and preparation of construction documents to be returned in the normal course for bidding and construction authorization.
