Laguna Niguel Receives $3.8 Million For Smart Street

Mayor Paul Glaab, an OCTA director, will present check to the City Council

LAGUNA NIGUEL – Construction on the city’s final segment of the Moulton Parkway Smart Street Program can get under way after funding was approved by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) board.

Laguna Niguel Mayor Paul Glaab, also an OCTA director, is scheduled to present a $3.8 million check to the City Council at its meeting slated for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 at City Hall, 27841 La Paz Road in Laguna Niguel.

The funding will be used to build improvements on the 1.7 miles of Golden Lantern between Aloma Avenue and Serenity Lane. The project will widen the street to six lanes from four lanes, construct new medians and retaining walls.

“This thoroughfare runs through the heart of our city and I’m very pleased we can move forward with the planned improvements,” said Glaab. “The Smart Street project will greatly benefit the thousands of drivers who travel Moulton Parkway on a daily basis.”

Construction of the final portion of this Smart Street project is expected to cost a total of $6.3 million. The city will commit $1.4 million for the project and OCTA is funding the remainder with the recently approved $3.8 million and $1.1 million previously approved. Work is expected to get under way this summer.

The Smart Street Program is part of the original Measure M, which has provided funding to improve four major arterials throughout Orange County. Improvements on Moulton Parkway stretch from Tustin to Dana Point.

The other three Smart Streets are Beach Boulevard from La Habra to Huntington Beach, Katella from the San Gabriel Freeway (I-605) to the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) and Imperial Highway from the Los Angeles County line to Santa Ana Canyon Drive.