SPEEDERS TO FACE MORE STOP SIGNS.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Relief is coming for Morley Street residents, long concerned with cars whizzing by their homes. The City Council on Monday approved putting three-way stop signs at the intersections of Morley at Bridget and Ysrella avenues. ``It will cause traffic at Morley to stop a couple of times,'' Assistant City Manager Laura Magelnicki said. City Traffic Engineer Hank hank n. 1. A coil or loop. 2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail. 3. A looped bundle, as of yarn. Heinin said the signs will go up within two weeks. He estimated the cost at $1,500 to $2,000, which will include the expense of removing the stop signs and marked crosswalks at Morley and Earl Avenue. The council also directed staffers to report back in six months on whether the traffic signs are slowing traffic. Since 1991, residents have asked for more traffic signs in their neighborhood, which is near Berylwood Elementary School elementary school: see school. . After receiving letters from five Morley Street residents in April, the city staff again studied the feasibility of putting speed humps A speed hump (sometimes colloquially called a speed bump) is a rounded traffic calming device used to address issues of excessive vehicle speed and volume on residential streets. and more stop signs on the street. A speed survey showed that most cars traveled 36 mph through the neighborhood marked with 25 mph speed-limit signs. A traffic study, however, showed the average number of cars on the street each day - 1,094 at Ysrella Avenue and 1,142 at Bridget Avenue - didn't meet the criteria for more controls, but a three-way sign and crosswalks were placed at Morley and Earl in June. Residents were spurred to action again after an 8-year-old bicycle rider was hit in July on Morley at Sycamore sycamore: see plane tree. sycamore Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. Drive by a car whose driver was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol. City officials said speed humps and stop signs would not have prevented the traffic fatality fa·tal·i·ty n. 1. A death resulting from an accident or disaster. 2. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence. . CAPTION(S): map Map: Simi Valley 3-way stop signs installed |
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