Roads To Be Repaved This Summer In Southern Marin

MARIN COUNTY, CA – Seven roads will be repaved this summer in southern Marin. The estimated $2.1 million project is scheduled to begin in early August and be completed by the end of October, according to the county.

A total of 2.7 miles of roadway will be improved on Cleveland Avenue, Hawthorn Avenue, Lattie Lane, Laverne Avenue, Melrose Avenue, Reed Street and Scott Street. The roads will be repaved from beginning to end, except for Melrose Avenue, which will be repaved from Montford Avenue to Laverne Avenue. Melrose Avenue is slated to be finished before the start of Marin Horizon School's academic year, officials said.

The roads will receive full-width grinding of the old pavement, allowing for base failures to be repaired and paving mats to be installed underneath the new pavement, according to the county. Drainage improvements will be implemented as well, and pavement markings and traffic striping will be upgraded to meet current safety standards.

Construction will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The work will require temporary periods of single-lane access, during which the traffic flow will be controlled by flaggers, officials said. However, some sections of the roads are too narrow to accommodate construction equipment and single-lane traffic at the same time. Those locations will require intermittent road closures to finalize the repaving process.

Funding for the planned improvements will be covered by Measures A/AA/B via the Transportation Authority of Marin, as well as the county's Road and Bridge Rehabilitation Program fund.

A separate paving project under the county's summer paving program is in progress in central Marin. That $1.2 million project is focused on the 0.62 miles of roadway in the Sleepy Hollow area.