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The $20 million project would include work across the east-west thoroughfare that spans multiple cities, including North Long Beach. The project is expected to break ground this winter, Eric Lopez, the city’s Public Works director, told residents gathered at the Doris Topsy-Elvord Center at Houghton Park.
Artesia Boulevard is a heavily-trafficked strip of road running through Compton, Bellflower, Paramount, Artesia and Long Beach.
Multiple regional committees, including the Gateway Cities Council of Governments in Los Angeles County, selected the Artesia improvement project as the No. 1 regional project out of 25 others to support following a transportation plan that began in 2012.