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Rumrill Boulevard Complete Streets Project
Project Overview
The Rumrill Complete Streets Project is an overhaul of Rumrill Boulevard with the goals to:
- Develop a “Complete Street” that encourages multiple modes of transportation and supports future growth and active living
- Increase safety with improved lighting and additional pedestrian crosswalks
- Improve water quality, reduce minor flooding and increase greening along the corridor
- Increase the sustainability and economic vitality of area
This corridor is currently negatively impacted by connectivity gaps and lacks appropriate pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. The Project will calm traffic, improve safety, increase the appeal of walking and bicycling, improve stormwater quality and enhance the appearance of the corridor for businesses, residents, and everyday travel. It will improve the sidewalk and street edge with a separated space for bicyclists, enhance multi-modal safety by reducing the number of travel lanes, and provide a safer pedestrian experience with enhanced sidewalks throughout the corridor. The Project removes barriers by making sidewalk improvements in locations where the existing sidewalks are narrow and by constructing dedicated bicycle lanes to reduce conflicts between bicycles, pedestrians and automobiles.
Image 1: Proposed improvements for Rumrill Boulevard between Costa Avenue and Market Avenue
Image 2: Proposed improvements for Rumrill Boulevard between Market Avenue and San Pablo Avenue
Key Project Elements
The project will include the following key elements:
- Class IV (separated and protected) bike lanes along the entire length of Rumrill Boulevard--from San Pablo Avenue to Costa Avenue--and bicycle racks.
- Safety improvements including flashing beacons at crosswalks, improved lighting, ADA ramps and median islands for crosswalks.
- Enhanced pedestrian features including wider sidewalks, new trees and plants for street greening, benches, and trash enclosures.
- Improved stormdrain infrastructure and bioswales to improve water quality and reduce flooding.
- Road improvements including asphalt repair, slurry seal, and new traffic signal systems.
Project Schedule
- Construction: September 2021 - Spring 2023
- Public Construction Meeting: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 6:00PM on Zoom
- Design and Permitting: April 2017 – mid-2020
- Public Meeting 1: August 1, 2018, at 6:00 PM at the San Pablo Library, 13751 San Pablo Avenue
- Public Meeting 2: January 31, 2019, at 6:00 PM at the Davis Park Multi-Purpose Room, 1667 Folsom Avenue
Project Team
- Project Manager: Matt Brown, Senior Engineer, City of San Pablo
- Project Design Team: NCE, Point Richmond, CA
- Project Construction Manager: Quincy Engineering, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
- Project Construction Contractors: Ghilotti Bros., Inc., San Rafael, CA
Project Contact
If you have any questions regarding the project, please email Matt Brown or call (510) 215-3061.
Project Funding
The total estimated cost of the Rumrill Boulevard Complete Streets project is $19 million.
The project has been made possible through the following funding sources:
- City funds: $1,400,000
- California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
- Active Transportation Program: $4,309,749
- SB-1 Local Partnership Program: $3,200,000
- Caltrans’ mission is to provide a safe, sustainable, integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability.
For more information, visit Caltrans.
- California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA)
- Urban Greening Program: $3,999,540
- CNRA’s mission is to restore, protect and manage the state’s natural, historical and cultural resources for current and future generations using creative approaches and solutions based on science, collaboration and respect for all the communities and interests involved.
- Urban Greening Program: $3,999,540
For more information, visit CNRA.
- Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA)
- Measure J Pedestrian Bike and Trail Facilities: $1,000,000
- The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) is a public agency formed by Contra Costa voters in 1988 to manage the County’s transportation sales tax program and to do countywide transportation planning. CCTA is responsible for maintaining and improving the County’s transportation system by planning, funding, and delivering critical transportation infrastructure projects and programs that connect our communities, foster a strong economy, increase sustainability, and safely and efficiently get people where they need to go. CCTA is also the county’s designated Congestion Management Agency (CMA), responsible for putting programs in place to keep traffic levels manageable.
- Measure J Pedestrian Bike and Trail Facilities: $1,000,000
For more information, visit CCTA.
- State Coastal Conservancy (SCC)
- Proposition 1 Grant: $1,000,000
- The State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) is a California state agency, established in 1976, to protect and improve natural lands and waterways, to help people get to and enjoy the outdoors, and to sustain local economies along California’s coast. It acts with others to protect and restore, and increase public access to California’s coast, ocean, coastal watersheds, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Its vision is of a beautiful, restored, and accessible coast for current and future generations of Californians.
- Proposition 1 Grant: $1,000,000
For more information, visit SCC.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund: $864,634
- The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.
For more information, visit EPA.
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
- Transportation Development Act (TDA): $85,000
- The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, or MTC, is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
For more information, visit MTC.
- Marathon Petroleum
- Marathon Petroleum is a leading, integrated, downstream energy company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company operates the nation’s largest refining system, with more than 3 million barrels per day of crude oil capacity across 16 refineries, one of which is located in Martinez, California. We are pleased to be partnering with the City of San Pablo to improve both safety and water quality for pedestrians and motorists using Rumrill Boulevard.
For more information, visit Marathon Petroleum.