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Traffic committee approves new stop control and red curbing at Bromley Avenue and Itooney Street; item to go to city council
Summary
Staff recommended replacing longstanding yield signs on Bromley Avenue with stop signs, adding stop bars, red curb, and warning plaques; the committee approved and will forward the item to city council because it is a new traffic-control installation.
The West Covina Traffic Committee voted to replace existing yield signs on Bromley Avenue with stop signs at the intersection with Itooney Street, add stop bars, red curb on all approaches, and install related warning plaques and reflective treatments.
Staff presented collision and traffic-count data and said no collisions were reported at the intersection from January 2022 through December 2024. Average daily traffic counts taken Jan. 8, 2025, showed 409 vehicles on Itooney Street between Leland Avenue and Bromley Avenue, and varying counts on Bromley Avenue segments (99 vehicles north of Itooney at one count point and 1,056 vehicles south of Itooney at another). Twenty-four-hour speed surveys showed 80th-percentile speeds of about 31 mph on Itooney and 33 mph on Bromley at the south location—both higher than the prima facie 25-mph speed limit for those streets.
Citing the CAMUTCD guidelines and state code, staff said stop signs must be installed only where warranted and are not a general speed-control measure; nonetheless, staff concluded the intersection would benefit from stop control on Bromley’s northbound and southbound approaches and recommended several supporting measures. Recommendations approved by the committee were: replace the yield signs on Bromley Avenue with R1-1 stop signs on new posts; install stop bars and stop-legends on the pavement for both northbound and southbound Bromley approaches; add red reflective strips to the proposed stop-sign posts; install W4-4P “Cross Traffic Does Not Stop” plaques under the new stop signs; and paint 20 feet of red curb on all approaches (north/south/east/west) to improve sightlines.
Staff also recommended the red-curb installation follow CAMUTCD section 3B.019 and Assembly Bill 413 guidance to keep parking back from the intersection. Committee members noted the yield signs appeared to be old and approved the package. Joanne Burns moved to approve the recommendations, a second was given, and the motion passed with members voting “aye.” Staff said because these are new traffic-control devices the item will be forwarded to city council for final action.
Next steps: staff will prepare the council submittal and include recommended red-curb limits, sign post details, and proposed pavement markings for council consideration.
