Biased in favor of public traffic safety, the Midcoast Community Council (MCC), with the assistance of their secretary Lisa Ketcham, filed a grant application request to San Mateo County for highway 1 road improvement.
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"Half Moon Bay Reveiw/Sara Hayden, 6/28/12. "MCC and Caltrans collaborate to increase pedestrian visibility, increased illumination planned at one intersection."
"With accidents racking up at dawn and twilight
along Highway 1, members of the Moss Beach community have been pushing
for greater safety measures. .... To cite a few cases, a vehicle struck and severely injured a 12-year-old
boy on a bicycle in 2009. A passing vehicle killed a pedestrian in
December 2011. A January accident involved a motorcyclist and a
pedestrian. The most recent incident sent a high school student to the
hospital, suffering from
multiple fractures.
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Not everyone is on board, however. Some residents wish to preserve the
rural character of the community and don’t want the light pollution, Ketcham said.
On Tuesday, the MCC submited a grant application to the county for $5
million. The grant would help cover the cost of adding left-turn lanes,
medians and safe crossings, as identified in the Highway 1 Safety and
Mobility Study." Read Article.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
4 comments:
Nice co-opting of the word bias. I hope it gives you some relief.
Bitter much Todd? You and you're little group used "bias" to describe a legitimate vote because you enjoy being a constipation to progress. Maybe you have too much time on your hands?
It does seem that "safety" should be a basic city council priority for a city, doesn't it Todd? Of course balancing a city budget through economic development should also be a priority one would think. Then there are the issues of city infrastructure improvement.
Here's Pacifica: out of 20 San Mateo cities, Pacifica is usually #1 at the bottom of every economic indicator, including monies spent on city infrastructure and its citizens. The ongoing problem is, it doesn't have to be that way. And with more monies, there is the potential for more efficiency and ultimately better environmental protection.
You're right Kathy. Traffic is one thing but what really is important here is public safety. Right now emergency vehicles have a hard time getting through the traffic. This potentially affects everyone, even the non drivers. This project has been debated to death for 30 years. It's time to do it. I was happy to see Mary Ann, Len and Ginny make the right decision on this.
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