The city of Upland, Calif., is set to begin reconstruction of half-mile section of Foothill Boulevard, aka Route 66, next month, reports the Ontario Daily Bulletin.
Last year, Quincy put together the Foothill Committee, made up of volunteers, that serves as a focal group to improve and identify different projects along the historic Route 66.
“We came together and talked about what would be aesthetically pleasing for the street and what would slow traffic for safety and bring shopping,” Quincy said. […]
The first phase, between Redding Way and Second Avenue, will include a lot of landscaping, said Anthony La, director of public works.“What they are planning on doing is adding about 30 to 50 feet of landscaping to the concentrated area,” La said. “There will also be improvements that will facilitate traffic for safety.”
Trees, a pedestrian walkway and a wide-spaced median will be added, La said.
The project came out of the Community Visioning Study, which can be opened and read as an Acrobat file from here but is 111 pages long.