Councilwoman Stacy Mungo Flanigan is proposing the city waive the $100 permit fees this year for block parties as a way to get more eyes on the streets, she said Wednesday.
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The project, approved in an 8-1 vote by the City Council Tuesday, would run along a 3-mile stretch of the river from Carson Street in the north to Atherton Street in the south.
The stretch already has a bike path, but proponents said the open space concept could provide a safer environment for pedestrians as well as keep the area free of debris and encampments.
Councilwoman Suzie Price, who co-authored the motion, was adamant that she would not support using city funds to get the project built but would instead push for state or county dollars. Price previously said she envisions a simplistic design with organic vegetation and a dirt walking path for pedestrians to put space between them and experienced cyclists who travel at high speeds along the river’s bike path.
The Long Beach City Council took a final step toward adopting a plan that will guide development of 437 acres of coveted land west of Long Beach Airport, saying they wanted the former Boeing C-17 manufacturing site to become a “21st century business district.”
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The Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan includes parcels that run along Spring Street from California Avenue to the airport’s main runway west of Redondo Avenue. Other parcels run along Cherry Avenue between Spring and Carson streets.
They include a blend of commercial, industrial, business park and airport parcels, which could bring a mix of hotels, retail, restaurants and newer manufacturing businesses to the area. No residential parcels are in included in the Globemaster plan.
A section of Spring Street that runs through El Dorado Park in East Long Beach could have its lanes reduced in an effort to slow down vehicles on a stretch of road where five people have died over the last nine years.
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The city is currently doing outreach on a project that could reduce the stretch of Spring Street between Studebaker Road and Coyote Creek east of the 605 Freeway overpass from six lanes of traffic to just four.
Two preliminary plans show lane reductions in both directions that would make way for added infrastructure, including a protected bike lane on each side of Spring to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists.