TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Director of Community Development
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Update of El Porto Beach Traffic Circulation Study (Community Development Director Lunstedt).
RECEIVE AND FILE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Traffic counting expenses are included in current fiscal year departmental budget.
BACKGROUND:
Between 1983 and 2009, various neighborhood traffic calming measures were implemented in the neighborhood surrounding the El Porto Beach area pursuant to a series of actions taken by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission and the City Council. These measures were intended to reduce traffic and speeding on Ocean Drive, as well as to reduce the impact of beach traffic on certain streets within the neighborhood. From 1998 to 2009, eastbound vehicles exiting the El Porto Beach parking lot on 40th Street were required to make a left turn onto northbound Ocean Drive, and southbound vehicles on Ocean Drive were required to make a left turn onto eastbound 40th Street between 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on weekdays.
More recently, the City Council's 2009-2010 Work Plan included an item to evaluate a modification to the turn restrictions on 40th Street at Ocean Drive. On November 16, 2010, the City Council reviewed the initial measures and approved a trial measure to allow drivers to make right turns from eastbound 40th Street onto southbound Ocean Drive, a movement which was previously prohibited. This turn provision was implemented in May 2011.
On February 7, 2012, a follow-up study was presented to City Council that evaluated the trial measure. At that meeting, the Council directed staff to 1) replace existing signs at the Ocean Drive and 40th Street with clearer signs; 2) place a temporar...
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