Newport Beach eyes possible improvements to Balboa oceanfront boardwalk Houses face the boardwalk on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach. In an ongoing effort, the City Council considered possible improvements there at its regular meeting on Tuesday. (Hillary Davis) Print Still working to respond to the concerns of residents living along a nearly three-mile-long oceanfront boardwalk on the Balboa Peninsula, the Newport Beach City Council further studied possible improvements there during its regular meeting Tuesday. City staff provided the update at the request of the council, which last September voted to increase the maximum fines and impose a speed limit of 8 mph in the stretch between 36th Street and E Street.