Garden Grove Boulevard Complete Street

Mark Thomas provided civil design, landscape architecture design and final PS&E for this complete street project that reduced vehicle travel lanes on Garden Grove Boulevard to create a 1.5-mile long Class IV bikeway along the northern limits of the roadway. The project involved coordination with Caltrans District 12 and OCTA for improvements on Garden Grove Boulevard at the SR-22 eastbound ramps.

These improvements included construction of bicycle lanes to Bolsa Chica Road, adding crosswalks, and signal modifications. A raised planted median provides separation between vehicles and bicycles and serves as a stormwater treatment for roadway runoff. Travel lane reductions and the addition of buffered bike lanes were incorporated along Edwards Street from Garden Grove Boulevard to Trask Avenue and along Trask Avenue to Hoover Street.

This project provides bicycle connectivity along the City’s northern limits and ties into the north-south Mendez Trail along Hoover Street. Improvements also include pedestrian level lighting, traffic signal modifications, pavement repair, asphalt overlay, and correction of driveways and curb ramps.