CLR was retained by the City of Pasadena to develop alternatives for rehabilitating and enhancing Allendale Street, a major corridor that routed commercial traffic through several residential neighborhoods. By enclosing an existing drainage channel with box culverts and converting it into a new 4-lane boulevard, CLR found an alternative that not only rerouted the commercial traffic out of the residential neighborhood, but created a new major drainage outfall to Vince Bayou that enhanced drainage in the entire area. The old residential street was also reconstructed and upgraded with a new drainage system that solved an existing flooding problem in the neighborhood.

Since the existing segment of the thoroughfare was relocated into the former drainage easement, Allendale will return to a local neighborhood street with no through traffic. The realigned major thoroughfare along an existing drainage easement will offer a direct connection to Garner Street.