The County Public Works Department, with the support of the Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol, recommends prohibiting vehicle traffic on South Broadway Avenue, which contributes to illegal and continual criminal activity along the roadway. Ongoing illegal dumping and other activities have been a persistent problem, and there are no homes or residents on the roadway that require access. Additionally, South Broadway Avenue has not been designated as a through highway or arterial street, allowing this temporary closure. Public Works Department staff have further determined that the closure of the above-described section of South Broadway Avenue will not impact traffic flow or safety on the adjacent streets, or in the surrounding neighborhoods, the operation of emergency vehicles, the performance of municipal or public utility services to, or the delivery of freight by commercial vehicles in the area of, that section of roadway.  
  
Public Works Department staff mailed notice of this hearing to the owner – as shown on the last equalized assessment roll – of properties adjacent to that section of South Broadway Avenue between the city limits of Pittsburg, and extending northerly to Maylard Street.  
  
Therefore, the Public Works Department recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the above-described traffic resolution.

South Broadway Avenue will remain open to through traffic.