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You are here: Home / Home Top List / HMB South Gateway Improvements Project Will Start Construction APRIL

HMB South Gateway Improvements Project Will Start Construction APRIL

October 24, 2019 by Michelle

VIDEO. Budgeted for $3.2 million.

Half Moon Bay South Gateway

For decades the southern entrance to the City of Half Moon Bay was weakly defined. As a result, the historical downtown district, the core of the city, was often overlooked due to its off-the-main-road location and poor wayfinding signage.

The planned realignment of the intersection at South Main Street and Highway 1, including a new traffic signal, crosswalks, and trail connections, presented an opportunity for the development of a notable entry statement with useful signage. Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group, working with the City of Half Moon Bay and Mark Thomas Civil Engineers, developed a new feature that announces the City’s gateway in a unique manner befitting the character of the coastal town.

KKDG developed multiple design scenarios for the City’s consideration during fall 2018. The selected design comprises two curved walls around the north and south sides of the intersection, surrounded by gently bermed native plantings. This combination of architectural and natural landforms is a cohesive statement that reflects and enhances the natural elements of the coast.

Text on the two sign walls welcomes visitors to Half Moon Bay, but also identify the southern entrance to the historical downtown commercial core. The opportunity for posting special event notices is incorporated in the south sign, as special events are the heart and soul of this community.

The elliptical, concave shape of these concrete sign walls evokes not only the physical shape of the bay that Half Moon Bay is named for, but also approximates the layered geological character of the coastal bluffs. The wall itself will be comprised of multiple layers of colored concrete in discrete shades to reflect the layered strata exposed on the adjacent cliffs. The surface of the wall will be heavily sandblasted to characterize a natural texture.

The area surrounding the sign walls will be sculpted into gently undulating, mounded landforms. This more “natural” statement will reflect the coastal hills and adjacent agricultural plantings with drifts of grasses and native plantings that will interweave and flow across the landscape. This will continue the theme KKDG developed for the adjacent Highway 1 median islands.

The project will be processed by Caltrans, partially funded by San Mateo County Measure A funds, and the City of Half Moon Bay. Construction documentation is underway and construction will commence in fall 2019.

Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group has also been hired by the City to participate in the design of the City’s North Highway 1 Safety Improvements gateway project starting in late summer 2019.

ARTICLE / PHOTOS. What do you think?  The Half Moon Bay Planning Commission will be reviewing the Coastal Development Permit-Architectural Review, for City-initiated landscape improvements near the intersection of Higgins Canyon Road, Main Street, and Cabrillo Highway South (within the public right of way).

The proposed landscaping improvements include: plantings of compatible plant species and trees, creation of minor contours, sidewalk improvements including pedestrian ramps, medians and refuge spaces, stormwater detention, and two new gateway signs.

Project Description: This project will provide operational and safety improvements to Highway 1 between Wavecrest Road and Seymour Street. It also includes construction of a signal at the Higgins Canyon Road, Main Street and Highway 1 intersection, and landscape improvements at the south gateway to Main Street.

Project Status: Design Phase

Funding Source(s): Measure A grant from San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) and City General Fund

Latest Update: 10/19/2018 – Project construction anticipated to begin spring 2019.

Contact: Ray Razavi, Traffic Engineer, E-mail

 

From the City of HMB 2018 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)

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Filed Under: City of HMB Planning Commission, Half Moon Bay City Council, Home Top List, Podcasts, Public Agencies Tagged With: 2019, City Council, coastal trail, Coastside, Half Moon Bay, HMB, listen, planning, san mateo county, video

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