COUNCIL TAKES AIM AT TRAFFIC TIE-UPS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Taking aim at one of the biggest complaints of commuters, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. moved Wednesday to expand a ban on rush-hour
repairs on the city's busiest streets.
The council voted unanimously to draft a measure imposing $250 fines on firms that work on major thoroughfares, collector roads A collector road is a low or moderate-capacity road which is below a highway or arterial road level of service. Collector roads tend to lead traffic from local roads or sections of neighbourhoods to activity areas within communities, arterial roads or (occasionally) directly to and arterials from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. ``Nothing frustrates motorists more than being stuck behind a road crew during rush hour,'' Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. said. ``Even though we have had this prohibition on the books, it hasn't been enforced. ``This will give us a strong enforcement program and put some teeth in our law.'' The move follows an executive order issued last week by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. banning rush-hour construction by city road crews. Under the council proposal, expected to be in place in 60 days, the city will toughen its permit requirements for work at the busiest spots in the city. City officials also are working with private utilities, telephone and cable TV firms to ensure compliance. Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. said he also wants city agencies to work with businesses and residential groups to ensure that other problems aren't created. And Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City said he wants information on possible limits on film-location shooting and any disruption it causes. The program still will have exemptions for emergencies, as with utilities, and to allow major projects to be completed in a timely fashion if traffic mitigation programs are put into place. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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