Avenue 50 Improvement Project from Jefferson Street to Botella Place

The City of Indio proposes to improve a portion of Avenue 50 from Jefferson Street to Botella Place to its ultimate Indio General Plan configuration as well as construct drainage improvements consistent with Indio's Master Drainage Plan (MDP). The southern portion of Avenue 50 between Jefferson Street and Madison Street (approximately a mile) is within the City of La Quinta while the remaining roadway portions are within Indio. The proposed roadway improvements in La Quinta are consistent with the La Qunita General Plan configuration. Existing conditions generally include a three-lane roadway and incomplete segments of sidewalks or trails. Proposed improvements generally include widening Avenue 50 from one travel lane to two travel lanes in each direction, closing gaps in existing sidewalks and trails, and constructing a Class IV bike lane, curb and gutter, and drainage improvements per the Indio MDP. New streetlights are proposed in Indio. No landscaping is proposed. The Project will provide storm drain lines at varying lengths that are currently not provided by the existing roadway. The storm drain lines function as underground retention/infiltration basins for the street subareas. Each storm drain line is a 60-inch diameter perforated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe embedded in a trench filled with clean washed stones (gravel), located under the median or sidewalk/parkway on both sides of Avenue 50. Catch basins with local depressions are placed at the low points of the street and at the downstream end of each storm drain pipe to collect and convey the street flow to the underground pipe for storage and infiltration. The proposed facilities, with regular maintenance, will convey flows safely to the underground retention and ground infiltration with the additional benefit of groundwater recharging, in accordance with the requirements of the Indio MDP. Some areas proposed for improvements require right-of-way (ROW) acquisition and storm drain easements; these areas are on Avenue 50 in both Indio and La Quinta. Project construction will also require temporary construction easements extending up to 10 feet outside of street ROW for properties adjacent to the Project site. Project construction would last approximately 18 months. The Project site is not located on a site listed under Government Code Section 65962.5.