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Planned streetscape upgrades prompt downtown business backlash; council asks staff to return with options
Summary
Caltrans and city staff described a multimodal streetscape plan and an anticipated Caltrans SHOP funding request; downtown merchants warned that proposed lane reductions and parking removal would harm businesses. Council directed staff to return with focused options and community input and scheduled a follow‑up for Feb. 17.
City staff and consultants reviewed the Lompoc Streetscape Multimodal Improvement Plan, an adopted planning study that recommends bicycle/pedestrian corridors and streetscape work along state highways through the city. Staff described companion documents (pedestrian/bicycle master plan and local road safety plan) and said Caltrans has prioritized a first tranche of work — a class‑1 shared bike/ped path on the north end of H Street — and submitted a SHOP funding request with an…
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