The City of Torrance, California, has approved a five-year, $286.4 million Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to support recreational, technology and utility infrastructure. The plan includes a $61.5 million investment in capital projects for Fiscal Year 2026 through 2027 alone.
The funding has been split into nine primary categories, with public right-of-way projects dominating the majority of investments. For the next five years, the categories are divided into the following:
- Public rights-of-way – $134.6 million.
- Sewer and water utilities – $39 million.
- Facilities – $29.9 million.
- Parks – $27.8 million.
- Storm drains and basins – $20.6 million.
- Operating project – $20.5 million.
- Contingency – $8.5 million.
- Other – $3.4 million.
- IT infrastructure – $2.6 million.
The Torrance City Council is prioritizing major capital investment on city-owned property, targeting parks, recreation facilities, service facilities, roads, sidewalks and public utility components.
Some of the largest project expenditures featured in the plan include the following:
The Residential Slurry Seal Program will spend $37.4 million over the next five years to provide proper road maintenance. Slurry sealing enables the city to prolong the life of asphalt pavement, leveraging preventative maintenance practices to provide quality transit and transportation conditions.
The Arterial Street Pavement Sealing Program – costing $19.1 million – will serve a similar purpose to the city’s slurry seal plans. Torrance will use a cost-effective mixture to seal cracks in the road, playing an essential role in preventing water damage and extending the road’s lifespan.
Torrance will invest $19.1 million over the next five years into the Torrance Airport Stormwater Basin Project. Plans include building a stormwater capture and sewer diversion facility adjacent to the airport to improve Machado Lake’s water quality and increase regional supply. The site will have 8 acre-feet of storage volume to contain and discharge storm runoff. Plans include building a gravity diversion from the storm drain, installing pre-treatment to underground storage and then transmitting water for treatment and recycling.
Approximately $8.3 million will go toward rehabilitating El Nido Park. The completed project will result in an overhauled site that will serve as a modern, resilient community asset.
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