Dump trucks, graders and backhoes signal progress along the Sacramento River levee. Heavy equipment and the smell of diesel are doubly pleasing to Pocket residents, both for the enhanced flood protection they bring and the promise of public access.
In recent months, the riverfront near Garcia Bend Park has been crowded with work crews and engineers.
The Sacramento City Council voted to approve certifying the McKinley Water Vault’s Environmental Impact Report on October 9. The project is expected to go to bid in January, with the goal of starting construction in early 2019.vIn the weeks before the council vote a small but intense neighborhood opposition emerged, expressing its position on red and yellow banners erected on two H Street homes. The banner reads, “Halt the 3.2-acre sewage tank.”
People who stay in short-term rentals when they visit Sacramento don’t need to be next to the Capitol, convention center, Golden 1 Center or Old Sac. Short-term rental guests seem to prefer D Street. Why D Street? It’s impossible to say how that humble byway became the boulevard of choice for the Airbnb crowd, but the numbers don’t lie.
With an eye to transform Fair Oaks Boulevard into a more pedestrian- and bike-friendly street, the Sacramento County Department of Transportation is installing four additional stoplights along Fair Oaks in the quarter-mile stretch between University and Fulton avenues. Along the route, the county will reduce lanes from six to four, swapping two car lanes for bike lanes. Added all up, including the existing lights at Howe Avenue and Munroe Street, there will be a total of six traffic lights with crosswalks and a “cycle track.”
