Supervisors authorize contract for Ammunition Road sidewalks

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a construction contract for sidewalk improvements along Ammunition Road.

The supervisors’ 4-0 vote June 5, with Greg Cox at the National Association of Counties conference, authorized the director of the county’s Department of Purchasing and Contracting to take the necessary actions to finalize a contract, designated the director of the county’s Department of Public Works as the county officer responsible for administering the contract and found the minor alteration of an existing public road to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.

“We’ve heard the requests of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group to connect a sidewalk gap along Ammunition Road,” Supervisor Jim Desmond said. “The Ammunition Road sidewalks improvement project will construct 175 feet of new sidewalk and pedestrian ramps to fill a sidewalk gap at a location on the south side of Ammunition Road.”

A 15-0 vote of the Fallbrook Community Planning Group April 15 recommended that the board of supervisors approve the sidewalk project. The sidewalk segments will be constructed on the south side of Ammunition Road west of South Mission Road. Currently the lack of either a sidewalk or a dirt pathway forces a pedestrian to walk in the street. The project will also include pedestrian ramps.

The estimated cost of the sidewalk improvement project including contingency is $225,000. Money already in the 2018-2019 budget for the Department of Public Works’ general fund will be used for the expenses.

Before the start of construction road signs will notify the public of the location and the approximate dates of the work and during construction traffic control measures will be in place to limit impacts to travelers and the community. The construction is scheduled to begin during fall 2019 and be complete by the end of 2019.