{"id":208308,"date":"2025-09-07T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/208308\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:56:13","slug":"new-infrastructure-projects-aim-to-address-bonita-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/208308\/","title":{"rendered":"New infrastructure projects aim to address Bonita safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tWhy this matters<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego County Department of Public Works has a five-year plan that is regularly updated for infrastructure projects and upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in Bonita and other nearby unincorporated neighborhoods could see resurfaced roads, upgrades for fire safety and more under San Diego County\u2019s latest plan for capital projects in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The county Department of Public Works presented its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegocounty.gov\/content\/dam\/sdc\/dpw\/ENGINEERING_SERVICES\/5-Year\/2025-26%20to%202029-30_5-Year%20Capital%20Improvement%20Plan%20pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest five-year capital improvement plan<\/a> to residents at a Sweetwater Community Planning Group meeting last month. It focuses on safety, tackling fire, flood and road concerns across the San Diego region through infrastructure improvements meant to minimize risks.<\/p>\n<p>A $6 million road reconstruction program along Proctor Valley Road in the San Miguel Ranch area, for example, would add a bike lane, pathways and improved drainage support.<\/p>\n<p>From the Documenters<\/p>\n<p>This story came from notes taken by Maya Flores, a San Diego Documenter, at a Sweetwater Community Planning Group meeting last month. The Documenters program trains and pays community members to document what happens at public meetings. Read the note <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Z7JZZ_Y5Wp8Qe3E8R49n8_wIW8qREo8iY_KhZ2ALV4Q\/preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Burying power lines and removing utility poles along Bonita Road between Frisbie Street and San Miguel Road. The work is expected to cost $5 million and be completed by mid-2029. <\/li>\n<li>Drainage channel improvements totaling $5.9 million at Bonita Road and Acacia Avenue to help respond to a 100-year storm event.<\/li>\n<li>About $3.8 million in sewer upgrades, including a larger pipeline near state routes 54 and 125.<\/li>\n<li>A $600,000 plan to install a buffered bike lane along Bonita Road near Central Avenue by 2027. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegocounty.gov\/content\/dam\/sdc\/dpw\/COUNTY_ROADS\/ROAD_RESURFACING\/5-29-2025%20Construction%20Status%20Spreadsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resurfacing roads<\/a> like Tim Street and Golfglen Road both residential streets to be improved by this winter. The work is expected to be funded by state and Transnet funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While projects may be listed in the county\u2019s capital improvement plan, they\u2019re not certain. Some must obtain further approval or secure funding, or could be canceled altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Gutierrez, a public works employee, said at the planning group meeting that projects are identified and prioritized based on operational and maintenance needs. <\/p>\n<p>Their priority list regularly changes based on what is discussed by the public at community meetings. Gutierrez also said they also consider equity in their projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore and more we\u2019re looking at data to identify how infrastructure investments can address disparities across different communities that we serve,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The county will continue to gather input on the five-year plan, and projects will be evaluated for funding and scheduling in upcoming budget cycles.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tType of Content<\/p>\n<p>News: Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why this matters The San Diego County Department of Public Works has a five-year plan that is regularly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":208309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,113827,1582,276,14614,5173,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-208308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bonita","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-documenters","13":"tag-infrastructure","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115164543903627572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}