COUNTY PLANS NUMEROUS SCHOOL-SAFETY TRAFFIC MEASURES.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer For school safety's sake, lay off the gas pedal while cruising down Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Among a number of new traffic regulations implemented on Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County roads to improve the safety of students on their way to school, a speed limit reduction will take effect by early September on Sierra Highway between Vasquez Canyon Road and the city limits, about two-thirds of a mile south of Fitch Avenue. The new posted speed limit will be reduced from 50 to 45 mph, officials say. ``This was a result of trying to improve school safety, all around, in a number of ways,'' said county Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. spokesman Dennis Moorfield. He noted that Mint Canyon Elementary School elementary school: see school. is located on Sierra Highway. County officials approved the change this week and are seeking approval to implement a radar patrol in the area, he said, anticipating that it will take effect in four to six weeks. Other traffic control changes aimed at improving safety, particularly during school bus service hours, include parking prohibitions on Park Vista The Park Vista is a historical building in Seattle, Washington. It is situated on a triangular parcel whose full address is 5810 Cowen Pl. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105. To the northwest is Cowen Park and beyond that the Roosevelt neighborhood; to the south is the northern extreme of the Drive, new stop signs on Mallory Drive in Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. and a new school bus loading zone Noun 1. loading zone - a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded loading area stop - a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta" on Poe Parkway. Parking on either side of Park Vista Drive between Hillcrest Parkway will be prohibited from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., when school is in session. The new parking regulation affects a stretch 150 feet south of the Hillcrest Parkway curb line on the west side, as well as one spanning 115 feet south of the curb line on the east side, officials said. In Stevenson Ranch, stop signs are slated for installment in the westbound lane at the Poe Parkway/Mallory Drive intersection and in the northbound lane at the Faulkner Drive/Mallory Drive intersection. Other stop signs will be erected at the Carroll Lane/Faulkner Drive intersection. Also in Stevenson Ranch, a school bus loading zone will be created by the start of the school year on the east side of Poe Parkway near Mallory Drive, officials say. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color--Ran in SAC Edition only) As part of the effort to improve the safety of students on their way to school, the speed limit along a stretch of Sierra Highway near Mint Canyon Elementary School will be reduced to 45 mph in early September. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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