HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/16/2026 Item 7d, Forbes
Julie Forbes <julie@julieforbes.com>
Sent:Sunday, May
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:King Ct / South St Intersection (Project 2001059)
Dear Honorable Councilmembers,
I am an owner/resident of the Parkside Community on King Court in San Luis Obispo. The intersection at King
Court and South Street is, at best challenging, and often hazardous, particularly turning left exiting King Court to
access South Street towards Higura Street. Only recently, I learned about the upcoming project to install a
Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon at this intersection. Regarding the proposed project, I have concerns I feel the need to
share:
1) Those of us who are residents along King Court, Parkside and The Village communities, were not made
aware of this proposed project. Consequently, we were not given the opportunity to provide our input or
communicate our concerns, even though it will have an impact on us.
2) The project, as currently proposed, will negatively impact our access to South Street, perhaps even making
it more unsafe. It already feels as if we are currently taking our life in our hands, at times, to turn left onto
South Street from King Court. (Even turning right onto South Street from King Court takes a lot of patience
at certain times of the day.)
3) I’m worried that there may be times of days that King Court will get backed up with cars attempting to
access South Street (residents as well as those who use King Court as access to Meadow
Park). Combined with item 2 above, this could have an adverse e?ect on the quality of life in our
communities along King Court and even adversely a?ect our property values.
I’m in favor of enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety while also taking into account the only means of ingress
and egress we have to King Court. Therefore, I support the modifications proposed by fellow residents Dan See,
Wes Thompson, and Tyler Sage. They have put a lot of thought into these modifications that would better serve the
safety of all of those who utilize this intersection: residents, visitors of Meadow Park, pedestrians, and cyclists
alike.
Thank you for your consideration and with appreciation,
Julie Forbes
2221 King Court #3
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