By Robin GOLDSWORTHY

To celebrate the completion of the La Crescenta Avenue Rehabilitation Project the City of Glendale, which oversaw the project, on Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, held a ribbon-cutting at Sparr Heights Community Center on Glencoe Way.

“This was a very important project,” said Mayor Ardy Kassakhian, one of the dignitaries on-site. “Projects like this take a lot of coordination.”

The mayor went on to thank the various city departments that participated in the project.

“This project is a point of pride,” said council member Elen Asatryan, who also spoke adding that there will be no more fears by parents walking their children to local school Fremont Elementary.

Fellow council member Alek Bartrosouf, who earned a master of urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, said the project was “amazing” especially in the number of safety improvements it achieved including slowing down traffic.

A resident who lives on La Crescenta Avenue, “Elizabeth” added that the completion of the project “has made such a difference in our lives,” saying that the reduction in noise was enough in itself.

The project was started in 2012 and the $16 million price tag was funded through various entities and partnerships.