Eyes on the Street: Sidewalk Construction on Ashland

Both images by Matthew Stevens. Image above was construction on the south side earlier this week. Image below is the north side yesterday afternoon.

Ocean Park resident Matthew Stevens has been asking the city to improve the sidewalk on Ashland Avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets for three years, and over the last couple of days he’s seen his efforts paying off. The newly widened sidewalks will be on both the north and south sides of the street.

Next applauds Stevens for his dedication. Anecdotally, we’ve been hearing stories such as this one from around the city as the city focuses on better services as part of the realignment plan. Want to see better sidewalks in your corner of the city? Let the city know through its maintenance and requests portal.

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Damien Newton

Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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