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Placentia council approves arterial street rehab, directs staff to pursue full reconstruction for troubled neighborhood
Summary
The Placentia City Council approved a $2.82 million contract for arterial street rehabilitation and instructed staff to return with budget amendments to pursue full-depth reconstruction for a residential neighborhood (Group 4) after hearing resident complaints about long-delayed local streets.
The Placentia City Council on Nov. 19 approved a contract to rehabilitate arterial streets and directed staff to pursue funding and option analyses to complete full-depth reconstruction in one residential neighborhood known as Group 4.
City Public Works staff presented the projects, timelines and costs. Chris Taneo, the director of public works, and Senior Civil Engineer Gabriel Guerrero outlined a two-part plan: an arterial-streets rehabilitation contract (low bid $2,824,600) and a residential slurry-seal project using an ARAM (asphalt rubber aggregate membrane) System 2 pilot in the Group 4 neighborhood. Staff said ARAM System 2 prolongs pavement life roughly 12–15 years, while full-depth reconstruction yields a design life of about 20 years.
Guerrero said the total construction cost across the two projects…
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