HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/4/2025 Item 7a, Detz
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Subject:City Road Changes
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Dear Council'
When there are things happening that I don't agree with, I think it's appropriate to speak up.
I have lived in the city most of my life and have watched many changes including 4 or 5 changes on
Chorro over the years. This includes the addition of more Stop Signs, to adding Bumps, to removal of
Bumps (now labeled as Humps), to adding more Stop Signs, and now the most recent change. I did not
see the need for the first four changes but this 5th change seems ridiculous and expensive. Most of the
people I have spoken to think it is more of a hazard than a benefit and I agree with that thought process.
I do not believe in the direction that the City is taking with regards to our roads and transportation.
We are not a big city and we are not going to have sufficient mass transportation ridership to justify
reducing roadways. We are not Fremont, a city of over 200,000 people, which is a comparison the City
has made previously to justify more road diets. Our city makeup is of parents who need to work and to
pick up their kids after school and take them to sporting events. This isn't happening on a bus or on a
bike.
We are a community that needs and wants to drive across town without congested roadways. Johnson
Avenue is a perfect illustration of what we don't want and Chorro is another illustration of where the
City's good intentions are not aligned with the community.
Please do not reduce lanes on South Higuera, or Tank Farm, or Broad Street or Foothill. I will
become a traffic nightmare for the residents.
Please rethink our communities strategy for our roadways.
Sincerely,
Toni Detz
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