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SAN RAMON CANYON /  25th STREET STABILIZATION PROJECT

Project Summary

The San Ramon Canyon / 25th Street Stabilization (a.k.a. Palos Verdes Drive East / Palos Verdes Drive South Roadway Stabilization) Project is located in the southeastern corner of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes at its border with the City of Los Angeles.  The canyon also adjoins L.A. County’s Regional Friendship Park.  The canyon provides a natural drainage course for neighborhoods near Palos Verdes Drive East.  Landslide induced rock and soil deposits in the canyon bottom are being transported by heavy rainfall events down the canyon and are flooding the roadway, overwhelming existing drainage facilities, endangering nearby roadway integrity and threatening downstream residents.

Project Approach

Despite the urgency of the situation at the project site, an undertaking of this complexity takes time to study, plan, design and construct so that the most appropriate solution can be found.  Environmental, economic and constructability issues all must be addressed.  Funding solutions must be identified and area stakeholders must be engaged.  The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has been working with technical teams from the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County as well as local, state and federal elected officials to discuss solutions, secure funding and forge cooperation to move this project forward.  The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has commissioned and funded a Project Study Report (PSR), which will identify alternative solutions, and the environmental, engineering and economic implications of those alternatives.  This study should be completed by December of 2010. 

Project Updates

Project Milestones to date:

Nov 2008   RPV City Council directs Staff to begin pre-design work
  • Click Here to view Power Point presentation to Council
August 2009   Site Visit with US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Dec. 2009  Letter of Partnership signed by Mayor Wolowicz, LA County Supervisor Don Knabe and LA City Councilmember Janice Hahn
March 2010 RPV City Council awards PSR contract to Harris and Associates
  • Click Here to view Power Point presentation to Council
May 2010 Public Information Gathering Meeting
May 2010   Meeting with Elected Officials at Congressman Rohrabacher’s Office
June 2010 Agencies Technical Teams Meeting
July 2010     Public Outreach Meeting (preliminary field investigations update)
  • Click Here to view Power Point presentation from PSR team

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