ROADWORK is coming to ease the crunch at Garden Grove and Harbor boulevards (Shutterstock).

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune

The good news is relief is coming to the often-jammed intersection of Garden Grove and Harbor boulevards.
On Tuesday night the City Council on an 7-0 vote approved a contract worth $6,678,330 to PALP Inc. for street widening and other improvements at that key intersection.

The not-quite-as good news is that the extensive construction and demolition work will complicate traffic in that area for a while.

According to a staff report, the project “generally” consists of a 12-foot roadway widening to add an eastbound right-turn lane along Garden Grove Boulevard and a five-foot roadway widening to add a second left-turn lane along Harbor Boulevard.

Additionally, the project will widen existing “substandard” through lanes to a minimum width of 11 feet. All-new traffic signals will be installed at all four corners.

The funding will be 65 percent from the Orange County Transportation Authority and 35 percent from the city.
Also the council awarded a contract to Act 1 Construction Inc. for the Woodbury (Park) Revitalization and Expansion Project at a cost of $10,992,000.