Old Town Sidewalk Improvements (Project No. 9031)

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The City of Goleta is Pleased that the Old Town Sidewalk Improvements Project is Complete!

Click here to view before and after photos of the project.

This project was completed in November 2020. The long-awaited Old Town Sidewalk Improvements Project broke ground on March 2, 2020. The announcement was made on February 13, 2020, at an Open House Kick-Off event held at Nectarine Park in Old Town. City Staff, the construction manager, contractor and community leaders were present to talk to community members and answer questions about the project which is expected to take approximately nine months to complete. View the full press release here.

Project of the Year Winner

The City of Goleta was announced winner of the American Society of Civil Engineers Santa Barbara-Ventura Branch's (ASCE SBV) 2021 Project of the Year award for its Old Town Sidewalk Improvements Project. Find out more here.

Watch Old Town Sidewalks Celebration Video

We encourage you to take time out to watch our Old Town Sidewalks Celebration Video. The $3.2 million project was recently completed on time and under budget. Typically we would have done a ribbon-cutting celebration to mark the project being finished, but due to the pandemic and restrictions on gatherings we have put together this video instead. We hope you enjoy seeing the difference the new sidewalks and other improvements are making in Old Town Goleta. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/gjQNVeQ3RgM. It is also available in Spanish here: https://youtu.be/g-sGpPKs6Hg .

Watch an initial video about the project here from Senior Project Manager James Winslow.

Check out KEYT's coverage of it on September 24, 2020, here.

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Description

The Old Town Sidewalk Improvement Program will construct a network of sidewalks along at least one side of the streets in the residential areas of Old Town. The project will assess sidewalk deficiencies, create a prioritization plan, and install sidewalk improvements north of Hollister Avenue from South Fairview Avenue to Kinman Avenue as well as Pine Avenue south of Hollister Avenue.

View our fact sheet in English and Spanish.

View an update to City Council at the October 1, 2019, meeting here.

Purpose and Need

The project will provide for pedestrian access within Old Town Goleta by completing missing sections of sidewalk. These links will connect residents to and from Hollister Avenue to businesses and transportation lines or points south of Hollister to the commercial and light industrial areas.

Strategic Plan Goals

To maintain and improve City-wide facilities, roads and traffic circulation.
Return Old Town to the Vital Center of the City.
Maintain a safe community.

Funding Sources

The City was recently awarded an Active Transportation Planning (ATP) Grant for $2.224 million for the project. An additional $555 thousand will be applied as the local match from the Measure A local funds and Goleta Transportation Improvement Program (GTIP).

An additional $1.9 million will be applied as the local match from the Measure A, Goleta Transportation Development Fees, and General Fund.