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Residents and council press for traffic-safety fixes, expanded fire-mitigation funding
Summary
Residents flagged an apparently dangerous intersection and urged bigger rebates for fire-hazard mitigation at the June 24 Woodside Town Council meeting; staff said the Portola and Sand Veil redesign is a county project, will follow up with the county, and asked council to consider contracting with the fire district for vegetation removal.
Multiple residents and council members raised traffic-safety and fire-hazard mitigation issues during the June 24 meeting.
A resident participating by Zoom described three recent crashes at the Portola and Sand Veil intersection — two narrowly avoided vehicle-on-vehicle or vehicle-on-bicycle collisions and one motorcycle crash — and said the sequence of incidents “highlighted that that intersection continues to be a hazard to people’s lives.” The resident also asked the council to revisit an earlier proposal to increase the town's…
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