Six miles of streets in unincorporated South Whittier to be repaved – Whittier Daily News
By December, repaving six miles of streets in portions of unincorporated South Whittier could be under way as part of an $11 million project.
It’s one of many the county will have launched or completed in recent years in unincorporated South and West Whittier.
The repaving is badly needed for the streets, long-time area leaders say of the project that is expected to be completed by July 2022.
“It looks like hell and the roads are deteriorating,” Butch Redman, a South Whittier activist, who has lived in the area for 73 years, said. “It looks like cobblestone. The whole area needs it.”
The work will be done on Leland Avenue from Leffingwell Road to Florence Avenue and residential streets east of Carmenita Road, south of Virginia Avenue and Fendale Street, north of Meyer Road, and south west of the Candlewood Country Club.
According to information supplied by the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, work will include:
The Board of Supervisors approved the project at its May 4 meeting.
The money is coming from SB 1, also known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which raised the gas excise tax by 12 cents a gallon, with annual adjustments for inflation. Diesel excise taxes are going up 20 cents, while the diesel sales tax will rise from 1.75 to 5.75%.
Ralph Pacheco, a Whittier Union High School District trustee from South Whittier, agreed with Redman the streets need repaving.
“There’s a small number of potholes but it’s not major but several cracks, particularly north of Meyer,” Pacheco said. ” I’m happy it’s being done but it’s been a while since they’ve been repaved.”