Alley Behind Ventura Boulevard Gets Repaved Starting Today

It’s taken a few years of planning and hassles with city departments, but the is finally getting the alleyway paved on the south side of Ventura Boulevard.

The section of the repaving between Rhodes Avenue and Whitsett Avenue could displace up to 100 employee parking spaces over the next two weeks.

The potholes behind the storefronts have been a problem for years and some of the delays have been because of the Association’s “inability to obtain the L.A. City permits in a timely manner,” said the Association’s executive director Lorena Parker.

To help the local employees find a parking space, the Association is offering free parking at the Studio City Garage across the street.

At their regular meeting Monday, the Association approved a reimbursement of parking passes for any displaced employee, which could cost an estimated $3,700.

“This should take less than two weeks,” said Association President Ray Franco. “They will process the concrete driveway first and the access will be in tact for as much as possible before sections of parking spaces are displaced.”

Work along Ventura Place will start Monday, Jan. 16.

Parker was asked by the Association to walk to each of the businesses and explain the alley project and the procedure to get reimbursed for parking.

The Business Improvement District is a specified area set up by the City of Los Angeles that collects a property assessment by the businesses in the area, and then the group figures out what to do with it.

In Studio City, the borders are the heart of the area, from Ventura Boulevard between Whitsett Avenue and Carpenter Avenue, Ventura Place, Ventura Court between Rhodes and Laurelgrove, Radford Avenue from Ventura Boulevard to Valleyheart Drive. 

“We want to assure the workers in the area that when no cars can go back there, we will reimburse the parking,” Franco said.