HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/6/2024 Item 6a, Cotkin
George B. Cotkin <
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Subject:Broad St. Plan
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Hello City Council Members,
Before turning left onto Broad Street, you must inch your vehicle closer and closer to the street – almost out
into it – because parked cars limit your view and you are dealing with on-coming vehicles moving well-above
the too high speed limit.
Now, in this precarious position, you must look left, look right, look left anew, for perhaps five full minutes
until it appears that you are safe to turn into the middle lane. But danger lurks still. Cars may be moving into
that lane in order to turn left onto another street. Sometimes, can you imagine this, those drivers fail to turn on
their blinkers to indicate such movement.
Disasters waiting to happen. Anxiety aplenty.
Consider the above with regards to children trying to bike to school.
Whatever statistics may exist concerning traffic flow, numbers of vehicles, and accidents on the Broad Street
corridor, they cannot account for the fear of dealing with turning left from a host of streets.
This is the time for action. At the very least, a new stoplight needs to be placed somewhere between Orcutt and
Santa Barbara Streets. Also, the speed limit needs to be reduced on this busy thorough fare.
Doing this will benefit many citizens while also anticipating additional traffic in future years because of
burgeoning housing projects to the south.
Thank you for your concern, and more importantly, action on the Broad Street Corridor.
Sincerely,
George Cotkin
557 Stoneridge Dr.
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