Caltrans Proposes Angeles Crest Safety Plan
From OutlookValleySun.com
At a city Public Works and Traffic Commission meeting last week, several representatives from the California Department of Transportation presented proposed safety changes and measures to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which included possibly building a mini-roundabout at the intersection with Green Lane.
Several representatives from the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, gave a presentation about proposed safety and ADA changes along Angeles Crest, which included possibly building a mini-roundabout at the intersection with Green Lane.
Several representatives from the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, gave a presentation about proposed safety and ADA changes along Angeles Crest, which included possibly building a mini-roundabout at the intersection with Green Lane.
It is a Caltrans project, but agency representatives wanted to get feedback from local officials and residents about it.
Public Works Director Patrick DeChellis said the proposal is “conceptual and preliminary” and, while the commission wasn’t going to vote on it, it will advance to City Council for further consideration.
Public Works Director Patrick DeChellis said the proposal is “conceptual and preliminary” and, while the commission wasn’t going to vote on it, it will advance to City Council for further consideration.
“Nothing is in concrete,” said Tina Dalili, transportation engineer for Caltrans, District 7.
The overall 12-mile project along the 2 Freeway includes Los Angeles, Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge, with LFS’s portion being three miles. The proposal here would run from Foothill Boulevard to Gould Mesa, reducing the number of lanes in the southbound direction to one lane in some segments of the highway.
The focus of most of the meeting was a section from Vista Del Valle to Salisbury Court. It’s two lanes now, with plans to reduce it to one, a point that concerned some residents who live along that stretch who spoke at the meeting because it would be harder for them to exit their driveways, and one resident, who backs into her driveway to make it easier to exit, said one lane might prohibit her from doing that.
The overall 12-mile project along the 2 Freeway includes Los Angeles, Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge, with LFS’s portion being three miles. The proposal here would run from Foothill Boulevard to Gould Mesa, reducing the number of lanes in the southbound direction to one lane in some segments of the highway.
The focus of most of the meeting was a section from Vista Del Valle to Salisbury Court. It’s two lanes now, with plans to reduce it to one, a point that concerned some residents who live along that stretch who spoke at the meeting because it would be harder for them to exit their driveways, and one resident, who backs into her driveway to make it easier to exit, said one lane might prohibit her from doing that.
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