The Belmont Heights Community Association provided the following information about the Termino Avenue Drain Project courtesy of Victor Bermudez of the Los Angeles County Department of Power and Water, which is overseeing the project.
"We are progressing rapidly through the PE Right of Way. Storm drain construction should be completed through there by mid November. We will still have the storm drain laterals with catch basins to connect to the new storm drain in the surrounding streets. 6th Street and Quincy Avenue have two laterals and catch basins that still need to be built which should start around the beginning of November and last through the end of the month before all is restored, barring any delays.
Due to time constraints and complications with work still needed at Park Ave at Appian Way, all required improvements are not completed. Park will remain closed until about mid November, hopefully opening sooner than later. Once Park Ave is reopened, the Park Ave end of the PE Right of Way will be used for Todd's Christmas Tree Sales, which is usually staged at 7th and Termino Ave.
At Marine Stadium, the coffer dam will be removed, which will take a couple of weeks along with restoring all the sidewalk and brickwork within the consturction area. The farmers market will move back into the park area while this area is restored taking about a month total to complete.
The Greenbelt area is now underway to start excavating for the open pits on each side to tunnel with double 78-inch storm drain pipe from just south of Termino Ave to the north side of 7th Street. The City of Long Beach has a contract to save as much of the existing vegetation, trees, plants and bushes as possible. Any vegetation that cannot be saved or dies while it is being relocated will be replaced with similar plant life.
Be advised that the County Sanitation Dept as well as Long Beach Water Dept and the City of Long Beach have ongoing projects in the same vicinity as our project. We will continue to coordinate with them and try to minimize any and all disruptions to the affetced areas as we progress with our project. We thank you all for your contiued support, understanding and cooperation.
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