City making progress on 12th Street restoration
Update posted Oct. 20
–The 12th Street improvement project is moving to its next phase of work: sewer construction.
Curb ramps east of Vine Street are 90-percent complete, and construction has moved to the next phase, which is the installation/upgrade of the sewer main from Vine Street to Fresno, according to Capital Projects Engineer Ditas Esperanza.
Work began at Vine Street, and will continue west in the next few weeks
Original story posted Sept. 14
– The project to improve Paso Robles’ 12th Street is currently underway. The project, which was approved in February, will include:
- Storm drain pipeline from Spring to Olive streets, which is consistent with the Storm Drain Master Plan
- Minor pavement re-striping and pipeline trench restoration from Spring to Vine streets
- Reconstruct/install missing sidewalks and curbs and gutter as well as driveways along the north side of 12th from Vine to Fresno streets and install linear storm water retention areas
- Pave 12th Street from Vine to Fresno streets — 36 feet wide
- Minimum landscape restoration from Vine to Fresno streets
- A bulb-out storm water retention at south side Vine Street – all others (north side) to be linear
- Reconstruct four curb ramps at Vine, Olive and Chestnut streets, and two corners on Townhouse Terrace and Fresno Street
- Reconstruct cross-gutters at Fresno Street, Townhouse Terrace, Chestnut Street and Olive Street
- Install eight infiltration dry wells
- Install sediment vault at southwest corner Fresno/12th streets
- Pervious pavers for new sidewalk areas
The improvements will be paid for in part by Proposition 84 funds of $1,150,000 and the rest covered by the Supplement Sales Tax fund at $1.2 million.