Public Works News Archive

The community meetings previously scheduled for February 12, 2025 and February 13, 2025 for the Cliff Drive Vision Project have been postponed until further notice.The City will provide updates on the new meeting dates as soon as they are…

*Sandbag stations are currently closed and the City does not anticipate an activation for the current storm system. The City of Santa Barbara is doubling the number of available sandbag stations from two to…

City of Santa Barbara Water System & Firefighting FactsSanta Barbara’s water system is built to support firefighting efforts for multiple structure fires within a pressure zone.All of the Santa Barbara Fire…

Due to supply chain issues, the water main replacement construction will take place in two phases. The first phase, starting the week of February 10th, will verify underground utilities and order materials. Work will take place on the…

On January 15, 2025, the Community Development Department, in partnership with the Sustainability & Resilience Department and Santa Barbara Clean Energy (SBCE), deployed an expedited OnDemand permitting process and permit fee waiver…

The City of Santa Barbara has released draft updates to the Master Environmental Assessment (MEA) Guidelines for Archaeological Resources and MEA Guidelines for Historic Resources. These documents, published separately,…

Implementation of the Westside and Lower West Neighborhoods Transportation Management Plan (Plan) continues through construction of the FY2024B Pavement Maintenance Project (Project) on San Andres Street. As part of the Plan, the Project…

The City held online (video recording) and in-person community enga

The draft of the City’s annual Water Supply Management Report is available for public review and comment. The Report summarizes the City’s water production and water use over the past water year (October 2023 – September 2024). The draft…

The water main replacement project is anticipated to start on a portion of De La Vina Street on Monday, January 13th. Lash Construction, contracted by the City, will begin construction at Micheltorena Street and progress up De La Vina…

Beginning January 6th, the City will start replacing a water main on State Street from Valerio Street to Junipero Street and on Valerio Street from Santa Barbara Street to State Street. Work will also take place on the following streets:

Starting Monday, December 30, 2024, through early-February 2025, weather dependent, Las Alturas Road will be closed to through traffic between Conejo Road and Camino Alto for construction of the Las Alturas Road Repair Project. This…

On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, weather dependent, Alameda Padre Serra (APS) Road will be closed to through traffic between Gutierrez Street and the Five Points Roundabout. Street cross-section sampling operations will take place on APS…

Beginning January 6th, the City will start work rehabilitating the Water Transmission Main near Mission Park. This Project will extend from the intersection of Mission and Garden Streets, along East Los Olivos Street/Mission Canyon Road to…

Starting January 6, 2025, Building Permit Inspection requests will only be accepted online through the City’s Permit Portal.Using an Accela Citizen Access (ACA) account, a requesting party can:Request a new inspection, cancel, or…

End of Year ClosureAs part of the City’s annual Holiday closure, most City Land Development Team offices and operations will close beginning Friday, December 20, 2024, and will resume business on Monday, January 6, 2025.…

The City was recently awarded a planning grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to develop a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Action Plan. The goal of the Action Plan is to prevent traffic-related…

Starting Monday, December 9, 2024, through early January 2025, weather dependent, Las Alturas Road will be closed to through traffic between Conejo Road and Camino Alto due to the construction of a new sewer main on Las Alturas Road…

Accela Citizens Access (ACA) Permit Portal was temporarily unavailable.The system is operating again, however slow response may be experienced for a short duration.

End of Year ClosureAs part of the City’s annual Holiday closure, most City Land Development Team offices and operations will close beginning Friday, December 20, 2024, and will resume business on Monday, January 6, 2025.…