LAKEPORT
Sidewalk work underway in Lakeport
The City of Lakeport announces that work continues in preparation for the construction of Lakeport’s new Lakefront Park in the downtown area.
The next phase begins this week and includes the demolition of the old sidewalk along the North Main Street frontage of the future park. New concrete sidewalk will be installed soon after the demolition work is complete.
The public is asked to drive with caution in the construction zone area.
An alternative pedestrian access on the east side of North Main Street will be provided in the evenings and on weekends when there are no construction activities.
Construction plans for the new park are nearing completion. The Lakeport Public Works Department expects to solicit construction bids no later than December 2021.
Please contact Douglas Grider, Public Works Director for the City of Lakeport, dgrider@cityoflakeport.com or (707) 263-3578 with any questions.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California Coastal Commission returns to in-person cleanup sites
The California Coastal Commission is proud to announce that the 37th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day will return to in-person gatherings at sites around the state this September 18. On this day, Californians will take to streets, parks, creeks, streams, rivers, and the coast from 9 am to 12 pm to help prevent single-use plastic items and other litter from polluting our environment and flowing into the ocean.
The ability to gather at cleanup cites was paused last year due to COVID-19 precautions. Instead, the Commission encouraged individual or household cleanups of neighborhoods, local parks, creeks, coastlines, or any place to which volunteers had safe access. Given the challenges, turnout for the month-long cleanup effort in 2020 was astounding: close to 17,000 volunteers removed over 150,000 pounds of trash, walking more than 3,000 miles while doing so. Those volunteers added to the cleanup’s ongoing record as the state’s largest volunteer event – since 1985, more than 1.6 million volunteers have removed over 26 million pounds of trash.
Volunteers should follow their county public health guidance and are encouraged to wear masks, do their best to remain at safe distances from other volunteers, and to monitor air quality to ensure that it is safe to attend the cleanup. While most cleanup sites will be able to move forward as they normally would, in some cases local organizers are reducing the number of volunteers allowed at cleanup sites to maintain safe distances.
“The pandemic took a significant toll on all of us in so many ways,” said the Commission’s Executive Director Jack Ainsworth. “There were times when outdoor spaces became the only places many of us could safely go to refresh and reflect.”
To find out more about how to join the effort, the Commission has an interactive map of cleanup locations in every corner of the state, which is available at www.coastalcleanupday.org. Please check the website for updates and share your cleanup experience on social media using the hashtag #coastalcleanupday and #protectyourhappyplace. Take a post cleanup survey and receive a coupon for a free taco from Rubio’s. California Coastal Cleanup Day is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, the world’s largest volunteer event.
Follow statewide efforts on Facebook at facebook.com/CaliforniaCoast, Twitter twitter.com/TheCACoast and on Instagram at instagram.com/thecaliforniacoast/.
