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Construction of the Newhall Avenue Beatification project between the railroad tracks and Sierra Highway was recently completed. This project stretches a little over a mile and includes installation of new raised medians with low-water-demand landscaping, water-saving irrigation, and decorative pavers.

To complete the beautification of this well-traveled roadway, the road will be resurfaced in October 2015, as part of the annual overlay project.  To stay up-to-date on the annual overlay project, click here.

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  1. Kris Doyle says:

    I think it’s time to think about wider not prettier. So much traffic. lanes are needed not plants. Just saying

    • It would be great But where the center dividers are can’t be a lane really since the Lane has to end at a cross street because the turning lanes take up the same spot as center dividers

    • it’s not all about looks, yes more lanes are always helpful, but statistics have shown over and over the biggest benefit from center dividers is the increase safety they provide. helps reduce lane crossover accidents, as well as limiting the left turn accident by limiting where you can now make left turns a little safer, so if your gonna put in these safety devices why not make them appealing

  2. Can you say “bottleneck”

  3. Good. Now how about Sierra hwy between Newhall ave. and golden valley parkway. It a main artery into this city and the only one that is sooo blighted and neglected. I know the excuse is”it’s a state hwy” but Santa Clarita gets funds from LA. I heard we have to wait for a builder to build on those mountains. Are they kidding! Hope so.?

    • Next up is Sierra Hwy between Princessa and Soledad. I agree that part of Sierra Hwy is hideous, but I think it will be a very long time before they do anything there just because it’s kind of isolated. Maybe once the Disney studio goes in?

    • Next up is Sierra Hwy between Princessa and Soledad. I agree that part of Sierra Hwy is hideous, but I think it will be a very long time before they do anything there just because it’s kind of isolated. Maybe once the Disney studio goes in?

    • Bob Dixon says:

      Not city owned . Cal-trans from Newhall to rainbow glen
      County from rainbow glen to Arco.

    • Bob Dixon says:

      Not city owned . Cal-trans from Newhall to rainbow glen
      County from rainbow glen to Arco.

    • Ah Bob, I’ve heard all that for years, but Santa Clarita is paid to maintain Sierra Hwy, I was told by the city. Where do they spend it? When you say it’s kinda isolated,I say from whom? I’ve lived here over 50 yrs and travel Sierra hwy atleast 2-3 times a week. So do you mean isolated from city planners or what. If you traveled that route to get home every night, you wouldn’t consider it isolated. If the city council felt it needed attention, they’re put it on a list of things to do. But I’m happy the other end od Sierra hwy is being improved but at least find the money to take care of the weeds and trash and black top the rest of the median,o.k??

    • Ah Bob, I’ve heard all that for years, but Santa Clarita is paid to maintain Sierra Hwy, I was told by the city. Where do they spend it? When you say it’s kinda isolated,I say from whom? I’ve lived here over 50 yrs and travel Sierra hwy atleast 2-3 times a week. So do you mean isolated from city planners or what. If you traveled that route to get home every night, you wouldn’t consider it isolated. If the city council felt it needed attention, they’re put it on a list of things to do. But I’m happy the other end od Sierra hwy is being improved but at least find the money to take care of the weeds and trash and black top the rest of the median,o.k??

    • Actually I do drive on that section of road almost everyday. By isolated, I mean there is nothing over there. Virtually no homes and just a nasty oil field so no one is really living near the road. Everyone who sees it is just passing through and it is a very long stretch to improve. I think they can justify median improvements near homes and businesses because they increase property values which eventually increases property taxes. It’s a hideous stretch of road though, no question about that.

    • Christopher, your points are well taken other than they do wait for builders and squeeze them for landscaping money before they get a permit.lol also I agree that disney will be tapped too, and in fact since they got approval to build, it’s Prob.a done deal. Over the years tho, I’ve fought for sidewalks by friendly valley.The weeds and rocks can be taken care of on both sides tho.?

  4. I think I like the before better.

  5. Anonymous says:

    Looks nice , but why not make it safer by installing better street lighting? Maybe even unseeing LED systems that use less energy.

  6. Nena Guzmán says:

    Mucho gasto, mucho tiempo perdido por tan poco!

  7. More water spending and places for cops to hide.

  8. low-water-demand landscaping, water-saving irrigation? It was No Water before right?

  9. low-water-demand landscaping, water-saving irrigation? It was No Water before right?

  10. Looks good! Probably gives all those people over there who hate using cross walks a safe place to stand when they get to the middle haha.

  11. Looks good! Probably gives all those people over there who hate using cross walks a safe place to stand when they get to the middle haha.

  12. need to put in speed bumps. people drive too damn fast!!

  13. need to put in speed bumps. people drive too damn fast!!

  14. Steve Tuttle says:

    Total waste of money

  15. Steve Tuttle says:

    Total waste of money

  16. Steve Tuttle says:

    I’ll bet that the people that put this together are getting kickbacks from the contractors that did it because this has no purpose whatsoever

  17. Steve Tuttle says:

    I’ll bet that the people that put this together are getting kickbacks from the contractors that did it because this has no purpose whatsoever

  18. Are they going to repave it? It is horrible to drive on.

  19. Are they going to repave it? It is horrible to drive on.

  20. Thank you for use 2,000,0000 millions dollars on this and making more houses and more traffic less parking for the residents

  21. Thank you for use 2,000,0000 millions dollars on this and making more houses and more traffic less parking for the residents

  22. Peter Bishop says:

    Someone just made more sprinklers.

  23. Peter Bishop says:

    Someone just made more sprinklers.

  24. Da Jesta says:

    Now I can’t turn left into my building, I have to bust a U a little further down.

  25. Da Jesta says:

    Now I can’t turn left into my building, I have to bust a U a little further down.

  26. Steve Tuttle says:

    There are so many more important things more money can be spent. Not to mention if there is an emergency and there is a lot of traffic and firetrucks ambulances and police cannot get through because of all the solid mediums they are putting everywhere, most of these mediums have trees if there’s an accident and a fire truck needs to get through is he supposed to plow through the trees?

    • As a former police officer I can assure you the medians pose little issues of getting to and from incidents, the biggest issue is with people who do not move to the right and yield to a emergency vehicle, divider or not that is the biggest problem.

  27. Brian Wood says:

    Fine, but now could they please re-surface it? That is one of the most beat up stretches of road we have in SCV.

  28. Yes re pave streets instead of wasting time/money in medians fix roads that stretch of road needed to be re paved not needed a center median

  29. Yes re pave streets instead of wasting time/money in medians fix roads that stretch of road needed to be re paved not needed a center median

  30. Go home Santa Clarita you’re drunk

  31. Now u can’t make u turns anywhere, cause they don’t want u to u turn at the lights, and now u can’t over medians so u have to drive miles out of ur way to turn around.. hopefully u never get lost or miss ur turn. Lmao

  32. Carol Clark says:

    It used to be all complaints that Valencia got all the attention. Now they fix it up and the complainers remain. Oh what’s a city to do?

  33. Is this the road formally known as San Fernando Road?

  34. Ken Morgan says:

    Welcome to Santa Monica. LOL

  35. A waste of resources all around…typical Cali government.

  36. Ramon Perez says:

    Hey i worked on that project

  37. Well that was worth millions of over priced drawn out union rate dollars.

  38. It screwed all the people that live in those appartments…

  39. I’m right there with you Steve ! The only contractor that I’ve seen is Becker and sons

  40. Its a deal to bring more “high class” into the scv. Yuppy …I’m better than you

  41. More proof of government wasteful spending

  42. Stupid city building those with planters and plants that need to be watered! Really

  43. Looks like they did add turn lanes.

  44. Looks like they did add turn lanes.

  45. City just made it difficult and unsafe U-turns to get to carpool and small businesses. Seems like they are trying to push out small businesses.

  46. City just made it difficult and unsafe U-turns to get to carpool and small businesses. Seems like they are trying to push out small businesses.

  47. Jack Murphy says:

    turning around anywhere in santa clarita is now an experience… I think how much fuel I spend by not being able to turn around easily to go in another direction. I love going a mile in the other direction, just to go to a business right nextdoor to where I was just at…. At $4 again, you’d think we’d want to drive less not more….. but hey, it all looks great…. drought? Energy crisis? Fuel price explosion? Nah, it all really doesn’t matter. Place just has to look good, thats all…… silly waste of money!

  48. I liked it better before.

  49. Why Not Fix The north 5 Fwy Going Towards Castaic!

  50. You guys are all so funny.? they do a long over due improvement and the tongues all start wagging. Bet you nay sayers don’t live near the site but if it were on Lyons, I’d just hear applause. Relax, it’s no big deal!

  51. Kris Doyle says:

    Totally agree Jeff, people act like it’s a new thing when a fire truck or police car comes blaring sirens. Nothing new MOVE to the right. I also feel if we had more lanes, we can make it safer and move over and give you guys some space.

  52. Everyone’s a judge & has a better idea – just relax & enjoy an attempt to make Newhall look better!

  53. And now there are plants that need to be watered. We are in a drought

  54. Jeff Scott says:

    I wonder if it will look as fantastic as the million dollar on-ramp at Lyons and Interstate 5 north. That was a great expenditure as well. Carol Clark, what a city should do is stop spending money on stupid stuff. Beautification of Newhall Avenue…..really?

  55. David Gaunt says:

    Needs rail transportation in the center.

  56. mellie says:

    Again?? I have been living in this area over three years and three times they have torn up Newhall Avenue! They “beautified” it with new medians and put in plants they can’t even water now? Stupid! Talk about bottlenecking! And they are getting ready to do it to us one more time? When will they make an end?? I am sick to death of being forced to deal with it. Grrr!

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