City of L.A. Dell Ave. Bridge Project

The City of Los Angeles is looking at a Venice Canals Infrastructure Improvement Project for the Dell Ave. bridges.
An City of Los Angeles outreach team will be out in our neighborhood this coming week delivering flyers inviting you to an upcoming neighborhood meeting to discuss the Project and the next steps.   
(See the City's flyer below!)

During this meeting they will discuss the Project and answer any questions your neighbors may have.    

The Meeting will be held on
Tuesday, August 27th
4 PM to 5:30 PM
Oakwood Recreation Center
767 California Ave. Venice 
(Parking is very limited at this Recreation Center, so PLEASE carpool together.)
 
The four Dell Avenue bridges in this project are more than 115 years old, built in and around 1907.  These bridges are designed for vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Initially three of these bridges were programmed for rehabilitation in 2001.

In 2010, the BOE’s Structural Engineering Division issued a memo stating three of the 4 bridges received a sufficiency rating of less than 50.  To comply with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 34 policy, which states “…no bridge shall have a rating less than “D” (sufficiency rating less than 50)” it was recommended that the three bridges be programmed for rehabilitation.

The fourth bridge is in similar condition with a sufficiency rating of 50.9. Therefore, it is necessary to rehabilitate these four bridges for the safety of all users.

Additionally, they are the main path of transportation to the community they serve.