Glendale City Council voted unanimously this week to install a continuous sidewalk on the east side of Grandview Avenue, north of Kenneth Road. Residents along the stretch generally supported the plan, although one spoke against it. Some palms and mature trees will be removed and replaced, but improved pedestrian safety made this an easy sell to the entire city council, all concerned about Glendale’s poor statistics.
Colin Bogart, coordinator of Glendale’s Safe and Healthy Streets Program, spoke in support and quoted survey comments he’s received about the need for more sidewalks and safe pedestrian access. Bogart is gearing up to present the Draft Safe and Healthy Streets Plan for Glendale to a joint meeting Monday of the Planning Commission and the Parking and Transportation Commission (set for 6 p.m. in City Council chambers, 613 E. Broadway – the public is encouraged to send and send in comments!).
The Glendale News-Press published this feature on the plan’s progress yesterday.
Grandview Avenue leads directly up to Brand Park. A sidewalk ends at Kenneth Road, starts again further north, stops, then starts up again and continues to Grandview’s tricky 3-way intersection with El Miradero and Mountain.
Photos taken yesterday traveling north on Grandview:
