Residents Hear About East 19th Street Plans
SIX DOZEN RESIDENTS CAME AND MANY SPOKE
Last night around six dozen anxious and vocal residents joined members of the Costa Mesa City Staff to hear about the proposed plans to slow traffic along East 19th Street from Irvine Avenue to Fullerton Avenue.
RAJA MODERATED
Transportation Services Manager Raja Sethuraman moderated a brief slide show and then fielded questions - several of which bordered on the hostile - from concerned residents.
COMPARISON TO BROADWAY
The theme for this meeting appeared to be "It's Not Broadway" - that nearby Eastside street that underwent traffic calming measures last year with apparent great success. Folks kept bringing up that project throughout the 90 minutes or so that the Staff answered questions.
No handouts were available for this meeting, but we're told that the entire slide presentation and other data will be available today sometime on the City Website.
Sethuraman frequently emphasized that this project, funded by over $850,000 in Federal "Safe Routes To School" grants, is designed to slow the traffic on that stretch of street, not to divert it to other routes on the Eastside.
They had images around the perimeter of the room depicting each of the intersections involved.
Most of the improvements will be done at the intersections as shown on the images displayed here.
Irvine Avenue
AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING
There will be at least one other similar meeting to give residents another opportunity to express their views on this important Eastside subject.
STAFF WILL GATHER DATA
The staff will take the information gleaned from the questions and comments by audience members and modify the plan if practicable to accommodate residents concerns.
FITZY AND RAMOS
And, of course, Eastsider Jim Fitzpatrick was at the meeting, buzzing around City Council Candidate Lee Ramos' shoulder much of the night.
LONG-TERM PROJECT
The next meeting will be scheduled for sometime in April and, if eventually approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission and the City Council, the actual construction on this stretch of roadway would not begin until early next year.
Last night around six dozen anxious and vocal residents joined members of the Costa Mesa City Staff to hear about the proposed plans to slow traffic along East 19th Street from Irvine Avenue to Fullerton Avenue. RAJA MODERATEDTransportation Services Manager Raja Sethuraman moderated a brief slide show and then fielded questions - several of which bordered on the hostile - from concerned residents.
COMPARISON TO BROADWAY
The theme for this meeting appeared to be "It's Not Broadway" - that nearby Eastside street that underwent traffic calming measures last year with apparent great success. Folks kept bringing up that project throughout the 90 minutes or so that the Staff answered questions.
Fullerton Ave. Intersection with "enhancements"
Orange Ave. Intersection
PRESENTATION AND DATA ON WEB SITENo handouts were available for this meeting, but we're told that the entire slide presentation and other data will be available today sometime on the City Website.
Raymond Avenue
Westminster Avenue
FED'S CASH Sethuraman frequently emphasized that this project, funded by over $850,000 in Federal "Safe Routes To School" grants, is designed to slow the traffic on that stretch of street, not to divert it to other routes on the Eastside.
Santa Ana Avenue
Tustin Avenue
UP CLOSE LOOK AT PLANSThey had images around the perimeter of the room depicting each of the intersections involved.
Most of the improvements will be done at the intersections as shown on the images displayed here.
AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING
STAFF WILL GATHER DATA
The staff will take the information gleaned from the questions and comments by audience members and modify the plan if practicable to accommodate residents concerns.
FITZY AND RAMOS
And, of course, Eastsider Jim Fitzpatrick was at the meeting, buzzing around City Council Candidate Lee Ramos' shoulder much of the night.
LONG-TERM PROJECT
The next meeting will be scheduled for sometime in April and, if eventually approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission and the City Council, the actual construction on this stretch of roadway would not begin until early next year.Labels: East 19th Street, Jim Righeimer, Lee Ramos, Raja Sethuraman
posted by The Pot Stirrer at 1/30/2014 12:55:00 AM
5 Comments:
At what point will Fitzy start licking Ramos's boots? Is his thumbs up in the photo a sign that this day is coming soon?
It's looking like the boot licking has already begun?
The Pilot headline reads 'Cut-through traffic target of council planners.'
Seeing as planning has never been their strong suit, but over-development is, maybe the solution is to stop building high-density developments and CREATING MORE TRAFFIC, forcing people to cut through East Side 'hoods.
Just a thought.
Mike, don't let logic cloud your judgment! ;-) That makes too much sense, but the way the council is heading, we're only going to see MORE high-density developments, not fewer. That's what happens when developer mentality dominates the council.
I'm hearing there's a big plan for 17th St. that certainly won't help, either.
If only my hover board worked.
Who you taking on Sunday? I'm going Seahawks!
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