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Weekly cleaning of promenade to begin New lighting will also be installed in effort to increase security
Additional lighting is being installed in darker portions of State Street and the adjoining streets.
By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Deep cleaning of the sidewalks lining both sides of the downtown pedestrian promenade will begin this week, as well as the installation of additional lighting on lower State Street and adjoining side streets, city officials said. “Significantly increased” funding for the promenade’s cleanup and maintenance was inserted into the new fiscal year budget, which began July 1, according to Sarah Clark, the city’s downtown plaza and parking manager. The cleanup will include litter pickup and pressure washing along the sidewalks. “We’re going to have pressure washing every week instead of once a month,” Ms. Clark said in an interview Thursday. “It’s going to make a big difference.” In addition, plans call for pressure washing of the street around the outdoor dining parklets on a quarterly basis, she said. The increased funding will pay for additional hourly maintenance by staffers, she said. “There will be more presence on the street during the day, roaming and responding to things on the street.” City officials also plan to increase security downtown by stringing more decorative lights
between light posts on the corners of each block, Ms. Clark said, including light posts that don’t currently have them in the 400 block of State Street and along the so-called “zero blocks” between State and Chapala and State and Anacapa. “We went out at night and looked at some darker spots,” she said. “There’s nothing there right now.” All told, there will be 39 new strings of lights on State Street and adjoining blocks, she said. Please see STATE ST. on A2
KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS
Litter pickup and weekly pressure washing will begin this week on the downtown pedestrian promenade, made possible by increased maintenance funding inserted into the budget for the new fiscal year, which began July 1.
Gas prices slowly coming down in Santa Barbara County and nationwide
KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS
At left, Current gas prices are displayed at the 76 gas station on the corner of Fairview Avenue and Calle Real in Goleta on Sunday. Prices of a Fuel Depot gas station across the street can also be seen. In the center, people fuel their vehicles at the Fuel Depot station off State Street and La Cumbre Road in Santa Barbara. At right, gas prices are displayed at the Shell gas station off State Street and Calle Palo Colorado in Santa Barbara. Gas prices are continuing the fall since their peak earlier in the year, with the average price in California sitting at $6.10. The average gas price in Santa Barbara County sits a little higher at $6.13, while the national average has receded to $4.68.
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