Mission Viejo Streets

Video Letter: Grassy Street

July 26, 2010

Bill Aitken

Letter: City’s Irrigation Damages Streets

June 5, 2010

The City of Mission Viejo has recently been repairing asphalt streets, several of which are on the list of about 200 distressed streets reported by activists in the Mission Viejo Dispatch. Thanks to the citizen watchdogs. Coming soon is an asphalt overlay on La Paz and Marguerite Pkwy. Both streets have heavy damage, [...]

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Marguerite & LaPaz Paving Planned

May 17, 2010

The City Council is scheduled at tonight’s meeting to approve the solicitation of bids to resurface Marguerite Parkway from Avery to Crown Valley Parkway and from Via Angelina (at Fire Station) to Trabuco Road. The work will include a 1½-inch-thick asphalt rubberized overlay and replacement of deficient curb, gutter and sidewalk. The estimated construction [...]

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Letter: Whitewashing The Blacktop

May 9, 2010

The City of Mission Viejo received an award from North American financial officers in part for lacing its 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report with propaganda statements. Inclusion of summary text by City Hall was specifically cited by representatives of the Government Finance Officers Assn. of the United States and Canada Monday night at the City [...]

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Streets To Be Reclassified

April 23, 2010

On Monday the Planning Commission will reclassify several streets, listed below, from “local” to “collector” roadways. Two additional streets, Calle Azorin and Calle Valdes, will be deleted from the ”collector” category since they are private streets found to be currently mis-categorized. The changes will be proposed to the CalTrans California Road System Maps, which affect the potential funding sources for future maintenance. [...]

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Letter: Smokey & the Bandit Street Smarts

April 5, 2010

Enough already. Allan Pilger and his buddies in Mission Viejo once again are picking on those folks in City Hall who are doing their best to make us feel good and have a lot of fun. We are Smokey and the Bandit, the fun-loving dogs in Allan’s household, who are fed up with the rants [...]

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Letter: Bad Roads To Lavish Parking Lots

March 29, 2010

I know of no other city where the residents have to go out and canvas cracks! Maintenance schedules should be adhered to so that the cost isn’t excessive compared to 5-year maintenance costs. Pleassssse!! Let’s get real here. The out-of-towners won’t have any roads to drive on to the lavish parking lots! Basics first, then [...]

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Letter: Homebuyers Affected By Decreased City Maintenance

March 24, 2010

Defenders of the status quo may not be aware that 15 years ago, according to City Manager Dennis Wilberg, the City changed the street maintenance schedule from asphalt overlays every five years to every seven years. That’s a 40% neglect over a 15-year period, which is just asking for trouble, as we are now seeing. [...]

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Letter: Street Photos Show Need For Shorter Repaving Cycle

March 14, 2010

Citizens of Mission Viejo should be outraged. City streets, particularly those awaiting resurfacing for more than five years, are in a major state of disrepair, with deep cracks and wide potholes soaking up the heavy winter rains to get wider and deeper. Worst of all, it is the citizens’ fault because the City [...]

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Paving Completed With Federal Stimulus Funds

March 5, 2010

The City completed three asphalt projects this week with grants from the $787 billion federal stimulus package, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. About 9,000 tons of asphalt were used. Paving was done on Olympiad Road between Marguerite Parkway and Alicia Parkway; Trabuco Road between Manalastas Drive and Los [...]

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