City of Alameda, California
Public Works Department
950 W. Mall Square, Room 110
Alameda, California 94501
510 747-7900 Fax 510-769-6030 TTY 510-522-7338 Printed on 30% PCW Paper June 18, 2026
Clement Avenue and Marina Cove Residients
Re: Community Meetings Regarding the Clement Avenue Truck Route and Parking Impacts Dear Resident,
The City is hosting two meetings to inform the public about the impacts of a planned truck route relocation to Clement Avenue. The first will be an in-person community meeting on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 6pm. The meeting will be held at the Alameda Fire Emergency Operations Center at 1809 Grand Street. The second meeting will be at the Transportation Commission on Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:30pm in the City Council Chambers. The Transportation Commission meeting will be available on Zoom and residents may provide comments in-person, online, or email comments in advance of the meeting.
The Skyline development project at 2015 Grand Street (former Pennzoil facility) has closed the final gap in Clement Street extension between Hibbard Street and Grand Street. Opening Clement to vehicular traffic will allow the relocation of the truck route from Buena Vista to Clement Avenue between Sherman Street and Grand Street, a long-time component of the City’s General Plan.
Unfortunately, relocation of the truck route to Clement Avenue would result in the loss of on-street parking on Clement from Balsa Court to Paru Street.
Truck Routes are designed to account for the horizontal offset that occurs when a large tractor trailer navigates around a tight radius curve. The rear of the trailer will track a tighter radius than the front of the truck necessitating a wider travel lane to safely accommodate the movement.
Existing lane widths on Clement are too narrow to accommodate the expected truck traffic and sideswipe collisions with moving vehicles or parked cars would be a likely outcome. If the truck route is relocated to Clement, all on-street parking between Balsa Street and Paru Street, approximately 21 parking spaces, will be removed. The City conducted a parking study in early 2026 to evaluate the impact of the on-street parking loss and found the area has sufficient parking capacity to accommodate the anticipated changes.
We apologize for any inconvenience the parking loss may cause. Should you have any questions or would like additional information, you may contact me at (510) 747-7937 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
Scott Wikstrom
Deputy Public Works Director / City Engineer