The well-known beach pathway that runs along the coast of Huntington Beach will get a makeover worth $3.70 million. City leaders celebrate the beginning of the so-called Bluff Top Park Improvement project’s first stage. The project will make improvements between and including 9th Street and Seapoint Street, which will include upgrades on an area overlooking the well-known dog beach.
In the first stage, Huntington Beach will swap corroded and rusted metal railings for not just a wooden fence along the coast’s bluff tops but also new railings along its staircases.
Community and Library Services Director Chris Slama stated that the existing railings are in a pretty bad condition due to the oceanic environment. Slama said that some areas of the railings are dilapidated and that these were replaced last in 2006 or so. By November 2021, the first-stage construction works should be completed. The phase requires a total cost of $1.20 million or so.
Plans for its next phase are being reviewed even today, and it would do the following.
- Make the path from Huntington Beach’s 9th Street wider
- Landscape around 20 acres again
- Put more access ramps to the trails
- Make safety upgrades for going across the bustling Pacific Coast Highway
A part of this project is supposed to start on or before January 2022 and be completed by May next year. The second phase is likely to have around $2.50 million as its cost.
Assemblyperson Catherine Ann Petrie-Norris aided in appropriating $1.70 million as state financing for the improvements. As per a recent announcement from Huntington Beach City, the improvements would preserve a significant coastal amenity for California. The rest of the funds will come from Huntington Beach’s Park Development Impact Fund.
