Eyes on the Street: Update on Alameda's Central Ave Project - Streetsblog San Francisco

"Traffic is detoured in a clockwise direction through the construction area: westbound on Central Ave to Pacific Ave, then eastbound to Fifth St. Construction at Ballena Blvd/Fourth St/Central Ave prevents drivers from turning turn right when leaving Ballena Bay. Instead, drivers should enter the roundabout and continue straight to stay on Fourth St, then turn right at any street north of Central. Pedestrians exiting Ballena Bay should use the western sidewalk and crosswalk until the eastern side is complete."

"As covered last January, the protected bike lanes run between Eighth Street at Washington Park and the Main Street/Pacific Avenue intersection at Alameda Point. Unfortunately, east of Eighth, the physical protection ends. This does allow, however, more-or-less continuous protected riding from the schools on the corridor to the Point development as well as east to Webster and to the Shoreline protected bike lane, one of the first built in the Bay Area, via side streets and Washington Park (see map below)."

Paving and heavy construction are underway along Central Avenue in Alameda between Fifth Street and Sherman Street, with major paving on October 1, 2, and 6. One-way westbound-only travel near Encinal School remains, with a clockwise detour routing westbound on Central to Pacific and then eastbound to Fifth. Construction at Ballena/Fourth/Central prevents right turns when leaving Ballena Bay; drivers must enter the roundabout and continue straight to remain on Fourth, then turn right north of Central. Pedestrians exiting Ballena Bay should use the western sidewalk and crosswalk until the eastern side is complete. Protected bike lanes will run from Eighth Street at Washington Park to Main/Pacific at Alameda Point, with physical protection ending east of Eighth. Cyclists are beginning to use completed segments and illegal parking is encroaching on lanes. Temporary lane markers will remain for weeks, and two-way travel near Encinal School is expected to resume mid-October when conditions are safe.

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