Huntington Drive - Fremont Ave Corridor Improvement Project

Project Background

The City received two Metro grants in 2021 and 2022, totaling $16 million, for improvements on Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue. The first $6 million grant is from the Measure M Active Transportation Program (MAT), approved in September 2022. The second $10 million grant comes from reallocating Interstate 710 funds through the Measure R program for local mobility improvement projects (MIP), approved in August 2021. The City also has approximately $500,000 in State Highway Safety Improvement Program Funds allocated for construction.

The $6 million MAT grant aims to enhance safety and traffic flow for pedestrians, cyclists, bus riders, and vehicles along Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue in the City. The project covers a 1.5-mile section of Huntington Drive between Alhambra Road and Garfield Avenue, and a 1.8-mile portion of Fremont Avenue, between Alhambra Road in the south to Columbia Street in the north.

The $10 million MIP grant focuses on enhancing transportation management and demand in the area. It prioritizes improvements related to transportation system management (TSM) and transportation demand management (TDM). The grant aims to upgrade local intersections, traffic signals, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) along Fremont Avenue and Huntington Drive. Additionally, it targets improvements at the intersections of Fair Oaks Avenue and Huntington Drive, and Fremont Avenue and Huntington Drive. These enhancements are designed to alleviate congestion, reduce traffic conflicts, improve overall corridor mobility for various transportation modes, enhance safety, and create system reliability along these corridors.

Toole Design Charette Approach

The City engaged the staff at Toole Design to develop a charrette approach seeking public input on the proposed improvements. The charrette process took place in the summer and fall of 2023. Concepts aimed to reduce congestion on the corridor, enhance multimodal mobility, and reduce safety concerns along the corridors. Technical traffic warrant studies were not conducted at the time, and improvement recommendations will be further analyzed during the design phase.

 

Design Process

On July 9th, 2025, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified professional civil/traffic engineering firms experienced in the design of roadway and traffic signal design/improvements.

On October 1st, 2025, the City approved the selection of Kimley-Horn as the design consultant for the Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue Corridor Improvements Project (Project).

The project team, including Kimley-Horn staff and City staff, presented several design concepts to the public at a series of community meetings in spring 2026. Based on residents' feedback, the design concepts were revised before being brought to the City Council.

The City Council approved the design concepts for Huntington Drive on May 6, 2026, and Fremont Avenue on June 3, 2026. The project team is continuing to refine the design concepts. 

 

Community Outreach

Several community outreach events will be held to gather input from residents and stakeholders. These meetings provide an opportunity for the community to share feedback and help shape the conceptual design of the Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue corridors. 

As part of the early design phase, the City and its design consultant, Kimley Horn, hosted a series of community meetings on February 23, March 5, and March 31 to seek resident input on proposed design concepts for the corridors.

During the first meeting on February 23, the City and the project design consultant, Kimley Horn, presented an overview of the project and several design concepts for public input. Afterward, participants were directed to display tables to interact and provide feedback on the proposed designs.

In response to significant and valuable feedback that staff received, several adjustments were made to the meeting format as well as the proposed design concepts for the second meeting on March 5. These changes give special consideration to protected bike lanes, reduced speeding, safety measures, concurrence with the 2023 Toole Design study, and tree preservation. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session and an open house with display tables featuring the modified concepts. 
 
 A third community meeting took place on Tuesday, March 31, from 6:00 - 7:30 at 1115 El Centro St. During the meeting, the project team presented modified design concepts, which were adjusted based on the first two community meetings, and included project intersection design examples. The meeting began with an overview presentation and a Q&A session. Afterward, participants visited display tables of the corridors in an open-house format. 

 

Click below to view the presentation from each community meeting: 

Community Meeting #1 Presentation(PDF, 4MB)

 

 

The project team presented the updated design concepts to the City Council, with the concept for Huntington Drive approved on May 6 and the concepts for Fremont Avenue approved on June 3. 

Approved Design Concepts (PDF, 3MB)

Additional community meetings will be held to provide an update on the project design:

  • Monday, August 31 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St.
  • Tuesday, September 1 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the South Pasadena Middle School auditorium, 1500 Fair Oaks Ave.

Interactive Map

PublicCoordinate is an interactive map, available for community members to provide location-specific feedback on the project corridors. By clicking on the map, you can submit comments related to Huntington Drive and Fremont Avenue. Local input is essential to the design process to reflect community priorities.

Click here for interactive map

 

Next Steps

Winter - Fall 2026 - Public Outreach

Spring 2026 - Basis of Design Memorandum

Fall 2026 - Project Approval & Environmental Document

Fall 2026 - Final Design

Winter 2026 - Construction Bidding

Winter 2026 - Start Construction

Summer 2028 - Construction Ends

This schedule is subject to change and will be updated as the project progresses. 

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