A plan designed to better physically connect people to where they want to go in San Pedro is expected to be unveiled soon — but it’s still unknown whether it will solve all those traffic and parking problems in the fast-changing port community.
Either way, though, there will be plenty of anticipation to see what will be on the recommended list that’s expected to be unveiled across several meetings during the summer and early fall.
Dubbed the connectivity plan, the proposal should roll out this summer but will ultimately have to go before the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. The contract with the firm conducting the study — SWA Group, Inc., which worked on Redondo Beach’s King Harbor — was set to run for a year, until this July, but has been extended until October, said Mike Galvin, director of waterfront and commercial real estate for the Port of Los Angeles.
Water taxis, trolley systems, digital signage and parking will all be addressed, Galvin said.
Among additional input needed, he said, was from more Rancho San Pedro residents.
“Parking is a big component,” Galvin said. “Especially with more regional visitors, it’s going to be critical.
“Initially, we won’t be looking at a parking structure,” he added. “We’ll be looking at what we have available.”
That means further developing the existing large parking lots on 22nd Street and near the Port of Los Angeles’s Outer Harbor and AltaSea, he said.
While last weekend’s Fleet Week went smoothly, Galvin said, “a little more parking would help, generally.”
The issues of traffic and parking are gaining prominence as San Pedro goes through a rapid change via a development boom, including plans for a new waterfront opening in early 2025, an amphitheater coming in as part of that development, a boutique hotel in downtown, and a growing number of midrise, mixed-use buildings going up that have brought thousands of new residents into the heart of downtown and near…
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