OLD ROAD SPEED HIKED CHP PROMISES ENFORCEMENT WILL BE STRICT.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer NEWHALL - There's good news and bad news for commuters who opt for The Old Road as a speedy alternative when Interstate 5 is jammed. The speed limit on the alternate route An official alternate route is a bannered highway that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. Originally, the term for these routes was "optional"; but in 1959, the designation became alternate. will be increased from 50 to 55 mph. But once the signs go up, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. will have permission to use radars to catch speeders, a plan approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. . ``It like leaning into a punch,'' Bob Hauter, an aide to county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said Wednesday. ``We want to slow the traffic down, but first we have to raise the speed limit. But 55 will mean you go 55. At 50, people were going 80.'' Before implementing radar patrols, the law requires that streets be surveyed to determine just how fast motorists are driving and for speed limits to be adjusted accordingly. The top 15 percent of speeds registered are excluded, and the limits are set to the closest 5-mph increment of the top speed of the remaining drivers. A study conducted in November by the county Department of 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. found that 85 percent of the nearly 9,200 motorists who drive the route each day traveled a prevailing speed of 54.5 mph, said Ken Pellman, department spokesman. The survey was conducted at the request of the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan , after concerns were raised at a meeting of the Stevenson Ranch Town Council's traffic safety committee, Hauter said. Stevenson Ranch residents were concerned that commuters between the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys were traveling too fast on the highway that borders their subdivision. ``What's happening is that the I-5 is so congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. that a lot of people are taking The Old Road as an alternative. It's like a bypass, and since people are in a hurry to get to work they go too fast,'' Hauter said. ``The CHP had heard concerns that that section of The Old Road had become a speedway,'' Hauter said. ``People were driving in excessive speed.'' Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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