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San Gabriel manager: Las Tunas streetscape to include pedestrian upgrades but not protected bike lanes
Summary
A parent asked whether Las Tunas streetscape designs include protected bike lanes and when the public could comment; City Manager Mark Lazaretto said the funded design (approved years earlier) includes pedestrian improvements and more than 50 streetlights, but bike lanes are not part of the current Metro-funded scope; staff will post maps online and the consent calendar that included related items passed 5–0.
A parent pressing for safer routes to McKinley Elementary asked the San Gabriel City Council on Sept. 16 when the public can weigh in on the Las Tunas streetscape design and urged the city to add protected bike lanes.
"If you want those bicycle racks to be used and you want people to drive less, then we need bicycle lanes also," said parent Jeffrey Santner during public comment.
City Manager Mark Lazaretto responded that the design for the Metro-funded Las Tunas project was set when the city applied for funding years ago and that the current funding and design do not include protected bike lanes. Lazaretto said the project still contains pedestrian enhancements — including benches, trees and a planned addition of more than 50 streetlights — and staff will post maps and rudimentary illustrations online to show where improvements will go. He also said the city is pursuing extensions and expects construction to be completed by Christmas of next year.
"As far as the name, that was just a technical aspect of the staff report, but I can assure you the pedestrian enhancements are still there," Lazaretto said.
Vice Mayor Chan moved to approve the consent calendar, the motion was seconded by Mayor Denise Menchaca, and the consent calendar passed by a 5–0 vote.
Santner told the council he supported the overall project but asked that future planning consider protected bike infrastructure so students and families would have safer routes to school.
