TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT: Title
Approve the Prohibition of Left Turns from Northbound Sepulveda Boulevard onto Westbound 11th Street as Recommended by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission (Community Development Director McIntosh).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the prohibition of left turns from northbound Sepulveda Boulevard onto westbound 11th Street as recommended by the Parking and Public Improvements Commission.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
In 1997, the City of Manhattan Beach requested that Caltrans consider the prohibition of northbound left turns on Sepulveda Boulevard at 11th Street during the weekday PM peak period. The Caltrans Office of Traffic Investigations concluded that such a prohibition would, 1) adversely impact the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Manhattan Beach Boulevard due to the diversion of left turning vehicles, and 2) result in no anticipated benefit to traffic on Sepulveda Boulevard. However, Caltrans indicated they would consider the turn restriction, if the City first provided dual northbound left turns at Sepulveda Boulevard and Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
On May 19, 1998, the City Council considered a petition by residents on 11th Street to close 11th Street just west of Sepulveda Boulevard due to commuters using 11th Street in order to avoid the congested intersection at Manhattan Beach Boulevard to the north. The City Council approved the Parking and Public Improvements Commission (PPIC) recommendation on November 11, 1997, to deny the request to close 11th Street west of Sepulveda Boulevard, and to install speed limit signs on 11th Str...
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