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Projects in Huntington Beach, California

Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by Huntington Beach is $90,070,000

Description City State Jobs Cost Program Type Vote Ratio
Replace 15  miles of arterial block walls Huntington Beach CA 50 $10,000,000 Streets/Roads -54
Arterial street and alley rehabilitation- improve local arterial and residential roads Huntington Beach CA 80 $8,000,000 Streets/Roads 1
Bridge rehabilitation-make infrastructure repairs to 8 local bridges that cross harbor water and flood control channels Huntington Beach CA 30 $2,500,000 Streets/Roads -3
Upgrade 20 flood station pumps and engines to improve reliability and energy savings. Huntington Beach CA 40 $10,000,000 Water 15
Install Automated Meter Reading capabilities (citywide approximately 50,000 meters) to reduce emissions from meter reading vehicles Huntington Beach CA 50 $10,000,000 Water -64
Sewer Lift Station reconstruction replace 2 40 + year old sewer lift stations with higher capacity, more energy efficient facility which will help avoid potential sewer discharges into wetlands or ocean Huntington Beach CA 50 $5,000,000 Water 36
Storm drain pump station construction- construct a higher capacity storm water pump station to replace the existing undersized 40 + year old station. Huntington Beach CA 45 $4,500,000 Water 27
Install security systems at water pumping and storage facilities, wastewater pumping facilities, & flood control pump stations Huntington Beach CA 25 $2,500,000 Water -12
Divert dry weather urban runoff from County Channel through treatment pools to Talbert Lake. Huntington Beach CA 50 $2,500,000 Water 14
Upgrade water pumping equipment by installing 2 pumps and engines. Result will improve reliability and save energy. Huntington Beach CA 20 $2,000,000 Water 9
Street and alley maintenance: pavement replacement residential streets and alleys in CDBG areas Huntington Beach CA 40 $4,000,000 CDBG -16
ADA Improvements: citywide ADA compliant modifications to public facilities such as senior center, community centers, clubhouses, libraries, park and playground facilities Huntington Beach CA 40 $3,800,000 CDBG -9
Oakview Community Center Improvements: permanent modular facility for YMCA office to offer outside and inside recreations programs at the center Huntington Beach CA 10 $250,000 CDBG -20
Huntington Beach Large Scale Photovoltaic purchase. Install 2.5 MW of photovoltaic systems across selected appropriate sites in the city. Huntington Beach CA 65 $15,200,000 Energy -39
Phase 2 energy projects-retrofit all city owned and operated facilities to achieve best in class energy efficiency performance. Lighting systems redesign & retrofit, HVAC systems, controls, outdoor security lighting, utility infrastructure. Huntington Beach CA 50 $4,000,000 Energy -12
Replace high voltage downtown streetlight system with energy efficient lighting Huntington Beach CA 35 $3,500,000 Energy 1
Retrofit City Facilities to allow participation in next generation Demand Response Programs. (create A/B circuits on lighting circuits, install timeclock & controls on fountain pumps, oil pumps, etc.) Huntington Beach CA 25 $1,000,000 Energy -6
Huntington Beach/Goldenwest College training center of excellence for energy efficiency & renewable energy, providing trained and re-trained green collar workers (30 qualified/re-trained employees annually) Huntington Beach CA 30 $500,000 Energy -16
City & SCE owned Street & pole light & purchased utility meter inventory, audit and Geographical Information System (GIS) input. Huntington Beach CA 4 $150,000 Energy -15
Install hydraulic balusters at downtown intersections for crowd protection during special events Huntington Beach CA 15 $500,000 Public Safety -35
Purchase Handheld MDTÂ’s/Ticket Writers for the foot beat officer Huntington Beach CA 5 $170,000 Public Safety -58