At their April 18 meeting, the Woodland City Council will receive an update on the various capital improvement projects in and around the Spring Lake area. 

The following is a summary of the projects and their status. A map of these projects can be found here.

The City Council Agenda for the April 18 meeting will be posted on Friday, April 14. Meeting materials, agendas, and streaming info can be found here.

Spring Lake Parks

Jack Slaven Park 

The landscaping at Jack Slaven Park, including the dog exercise area, is nearly complete. Upon completion of the landscaping, the park improvements will remain fenced for 90 days to allow the planting to establish. Remaining work on the basketball court, path lighting, and electrical system will continue during this time. Completion of the basketball court may extend beyond the end of the 90-day plant establishment period as this work is coordinated with the courts being constructed at Rick Gonzales and Spring Lake Parks. 

Rick Gonzales Sr. Park

The wet winter delayed progress on the construction of Rick Gonzales Sr. Park. The contractor has completed the demolition, rough grading, and subgrade and aggregate base preparation at the tennis and basketball courts. The remaining work such as the irrigation, landscaping, pathway lighting, concrete, decomposed granite paths, sports courts, and park furnishings are currently scheduled to be complete in June. The park is projected to be open to the public in September after the 90-day landscape establishment period.

Spring Lake Park

The wet winter also delayed progress on the construction of Spring Lake Park. The contractor has completed the demolition and rough grading. The remaining work such as irrigation, landscaping, pathway lighting, concrete, decomposed granite paths, sports court, play area, and park furnishings are currently scheduled to be complete in July. The park is projected to be open to the public in October after the 90-day plant establishment period.

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Bike & Pedestrian Overcrossing 

Construction work on the bike and pedestrian crossing over SR 113 is currently anticipated to be complete in May. Remaining work includes completion of the landscaping as well as remediation work on the project that requires clear weather to perform.

Upon completion of both the overcrossing and Spring Lake Park, the continuous pathway will open for public use. In the interim, the overcrossing path will terminate at the current utility maintenance access road that parallels the southern edge of Spring Lake Park. This gravel maintenance road is not paved and therefore not ADA accessible or intended for bicycle and pedestrian travel. The City does not encourage its use to access the pedestrian overcrossing path and instead requests that residents continue to use alternate paths to cross SR 113 until both projects are complete and open for public use. Advisory signs are in place along the path.

The City intends to host an event commemorating the formal opening of the overcrossing in coordination with the completion of the Spring Lake Parks. A date for this public event will be set as we near completion of the parks. The City will share further information through social media, the City’s website, Spring Lake email lists, and notices at each of the Spring Lake neighborhood parks.

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Spring Lake Road Projects

County Road 25A Completion (Meikle to Parkland)

The City proposes to proceed with funding to complete the roadway segment of County Road 25A from Meikle Avenue to Parkland Avenue. The landscape and greenbelt portions of this road segment were recently completed. However, the roadway portion was deferred to ensure sufficient funding in the Spring Lake Capital fund to construct higher priority infrastructure projects necessary to complete the build out of the Specific Plan Area. The City has determined that, pending favorable construction bids, sufficient funding will be available in the Spring Lake Capital Improvement budget to construct this remaining segment of CR 25A.  

At their April 18 meeting, the City Council will receive an update and a recommendation to approve a design contract for the project that will include the planned signal improvements at CR 102 and 25A. If approved, construction would be planned for 2024.

Pioneer Avenue Completion

This project will complete the full 4-lane improvements of Pioneer Avenue from the Pioneer High School entrance to Farmers Central Road. The project includes the new traffic signal at the Pioneer Avenue/Farmers Central Road intersection as well as a new off-street bike path on the west side of Pioneer Avenue. 

This project is being constructed by Lennar Homes and is expected to be complete by the end of summer 2023.

New Signalized Intersection at Gibson Road and Harry Lorenzo Ave. / Borne Drive 

The existing median will be modified and a new signalized intersection installed to allow full turning movements into and out of Harry Lorenzo Avenue and Borne Drive onto Gibson Road. Crosswalks will be incorporated to provide bike and pedestrians controlled north/south crossing of Gibson Road. 

This project is being constructed by Lennar Homes and is currently planned for completion this summer while school is out of session.

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Gibson Road / SR 113 Off-Ramp Improvements

With build out of the northwest portion of the Specific Plan Area underway, this project will enhance safety and improve bicycle and pedestrian connectivity. The project modifies the northbound 113 off-ramp on to Gibson Road by removing the uncontrolled freeway ramp merge and installing a new signalized turn lane to eliminate the free right turn. Exiting traffic heading eastbound will be directed through a signalized intersection where a new north/south crosswalk will provide controlled crossing for bicycles and pedestrians.

This project is currently under design and planned for construction in 2024.

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