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Council receives Greenwood Beach Road safety report; staff to seek small traffic‑study add‑on
Summary
Council members on an ad‑hoc subcommittee reported neighborhood safety concerns on Greenwood Beach Road and Greenwood Cove Drive (heavy bike and pedestrian use, steep slopes, circulation to Blackies Pasture); staff said a traffic consultant add‑on to the Caltrans study will provide short‑term recommendations.
Council members who served on an ad‑hoc Greenwood Beach Road safety subcommittee gave a brief report on Oct. 15 summarizing resident concerns about pedestrian and bicycle safety on Greenwood Beach Road and Greenwood Cove Drive.
Council members said they conducted separate neighborhood visits and a weekend walk‑through to observe heavy bicycle traffic and fast downhill bicycle speeds in the area of Blackies Pasture, where a steep downhill stretch brings cyclists and pedestrians into close proximity. Residents asked that the council address safety concerns sooner than a larger, multi‑phase Caltrans project would allow.
Interim public‑works staff and council members said the town's traffic consultant, already engaged for Tiburon Boulevard work, can provide a small, limited add‑on scope to analyze Greenwood Beach Road safety and recommend near‑term mitigation measures (signage, speed‑mitigation treatments or other low‑cost measures). Staff indicated the add‑on would take a few weeks and could provide recommendations for short‑term improvements while the town continues to coordinate with Caltrans on longer‑term Phase 2 Tiburon Boulevard improvements.
Several neighborhood speakers asked the council to keep focus on the future Caltrans improvements while pursuing interim measures, and council members directed staff to proceed with a limited consultant task to study safety and return with recommendations.
