PICO CANYON SPEED LIMIT NOT FEASIBLE OPTIONS FOR OAK TREE SOUGHT.Byline: Troy Anderson and Kathleen Sweeney Staff Writers 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. - A proposal to reduce the speed limit on Pico Canyon Road to keep the Old Glory oak in its place is unacceptable because it wouldn't meet national safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a county report. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) is responsible for the construction and operation of Los Angeles County's roads, building safety, sewerage, and flood control. said Pico Canyon must meet American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
n. 1. A line that bisects something into equal parts. 2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of radius and a 10-foot right of way. While the speed limit on Pico Canyon Road will not be 65 mph, officials said the public is likely to drive at higher speeds because the road is considered a major highway. A speed limit has not been determined. ``Almost anytime someone has an accident on a county road, they look to blame the county,'' said Ken Pellman, 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. ``To protect the residents and financial well-being of the county, we design roads with that in mind.'' Public Works released the report after county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. asked officials Jan. 14 to review plans for removing the tree to make room for a proposed four-lane road. The supervisor asked whether a slower speed limit would allow the county to leave the tree in its place and build the road around it. ``A higher design speed ensures that a larger segment of the public can operate their vehicles in a safe and efficient manner,'' 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 Public Works Director James A. Noyes wrote in the report. ``The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials guidelines indicate that a lower speed should not be selected for a roadway that the public is likely to drive at higher speeds due to its appearance as a major highway.'' John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. , the tree-sitter who spent more than two months perched in the centuries-old oak, questioned the safety of a high-speed road along a residential area and in front of a school. ``How can they claim it's safer?'' Quigley asked. ``They rejected our plan based on its safety. Clearly, the safest way to go is a reduced speed on that road.'' County officials have rejected every alternate plan that would reroute the road around the tree and determined that the only way the road would meet safety standards is to move the tree to another location, for which a nearby park has been chosen. That work began last month after developer John Laing Homes asked a Los Angeles County judge to order Quigley down from the tree. Two days after the tree-sitter was escorted from the oak, work began to uproot Old Glory, as the tree is called, and an arborist removed debris and tried to find the roots. Quigley said workers have not cut the tree's roots. The tree is healthy and green because of the unusually warm January, eliminating the urgent need to relocate the tree while its roots were dormant in the winter. The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to allow Quigley and other environmentalists to make a presentation to the supervisors next week regarding a plan that could prevent the relocation of the tree. A court hearing is scheduled for Feb. 27 that, if successful, could stop the tree-relocation process. ``I think some members of the Board of Supervisors are sympathetic and we've had people express to us off the record that if this tree were in their district, the tree would be named a landmark and a memorial,'' Quigley said. ``There is still an opportunity for the county to come out looking like a hero.'' |
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