Broken roads: Long Beach's infrastructure problem

By Paul Eakins on May 31, 2011 4:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

If you drive a car or walk on a sidewalk in Long Beach, it's hard not to notice the potholes, the rough roadways, the cracks and the uneven sidewalks. As I wrote about Sunday, city officials are struggling to figure out how to pay for Long Beach's infrastructure upkeep.

If that article wasn't enough for you and you want to learn more, click on the link below to see the presentation that was given to the City Council last week.

Infrastructure presentation.PDF

Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional politics. A newcomer to the Press-
Telegram, he previously has covered local and state government and politics in San Diego County, Mexico and his home state of Kansas.

E-mail Paul at paul.eakins@presstelegram.com.

Kris Hanson reports on the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, covering environmental issues, economic triumphs and pitfalls and trade trends of America’s largest port. He also writes a weekly column “On The Waterfront”, appearing Tuesdays, and also produces an occassional video and column titled “On The Job,” which follows the hard-working men and women who keep Southern California’s economy humming.

E-mail Kris at kristopher.hanson@
presstelegram.com.

Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
Telegram in April 2002 as a beat reporter, covering the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower and Paramount. She now covers business, specifically redevelopment, tourism and small businesses. She also writes Eye on Redevelopment, a monthly column that appears in the Business Monday section.