Upper De La Vina Intersection Safety Improvements

This Project includes a water main replacement & intersection safety enhancements project along Upper De La Vina Street. These enhancements include curb extensions, high-visibility crosswalks, and streetlights. When complete, Upper De La Vina Street from Constance to Micheltorena Streets will be repaved and restriped.

Location: De La Vina Street from Constance Avenue to Micheltorena Street and at the intersection of Junipero Street and Alamar Avenue
Project timeline: The water main replacement was completed in fall 2025. Intersection safety improvements should be completed early spring 2027.

This Project is critical to traffic safety for all road users, with a specific focus on our roads’ most vulnerable users – pedestrians and cyclists. The Project also includes a water main replacement critical to health and safety of our residents.

De La Vina Street is a high priority corridor for collision reduction as part of the City Council adopted Vision Zero Strategy for eliminating serious and fatal injuries caused by traffic collisions. De La Vina Street was identified due to the frequency of pedestrian involved collisions. As a corridor, De La Vina Street ranks number two for the most bike and pedestrian collisions (combined) in the City. Public Works has been successful in obtaining grants along this corridor over the past several years, with recent construction of the Downtown De La Vina Street Safe Crosswalks and Buffered Bike Lanes Project, Downtown De La Vina Street Lighting Project, and safety upgrades from standard pavement maintenance projects.

The efforts of these improvements consist of 6 different project, with the Active Transportation Program and Highway Safety Improvements Program Grant Funds as well as City Funds. These projects include: 

• Upper De La Vina Street Gap Closure and Safe Crossings Project
• Highway Safety Improvement Project at De La Vina Street and Los Olivos Street
• Highway Safety Improvement Project at De La Vina Street and Pedregosa Street 
• Highway Safety Improvement Project at De La Vina Street and Valerio Street
• Intersection Safety Improvement Project at De La Vina Street and Islay Street
• De La Vina Water Main Replacement Project

The City Council Meeting for Award of Construction is November 12, 2024.