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Resident asks West Covina to study traffic-calming on Temple Avenue; committee directs staff to investigate
Summary
A resident requested speed cushions or other traffic-calming on Temple Avenue to protect children and pedestrians; the Traffic Committee agreed to investigate and report back if prior work exists or to start a new review.
At the Oct. 15 meeting of the City of West Covina Traffic Committee, resident Randy Contreras asked the committee to investigate traffic-calming measures on Temple Avenue, describing high vehicle speeds near a park and apartments and urging installation of speed bumps.
Contreras said Temple Avenue, a narrow residential street near Woodbridge Apartments and a local park, is used as a cut-through and drivers do not heed an existing stop sign. He described situations in which drivers drove “ridiculous amounts of speeds” and said children and residents face danger when attempting to cross. Contreras requested the city consider installing multiple speed bumps along a roughly quarter-mile stretch.
Committee members acknowledged the concerns and noted past work in the area might exist. Robert Ortega said the city would look back at prior reviews and, if none were found, initiate a new traffic-calming study. The committee supported moving forward with an investigation and agreed staff would inform Contreras of findings and next steps.
No formal vote was required; the committee’s direction was to investigate and report back. The committee indicated any resulting recommendations would follow the city’s standard engineering review and warrant process before installation of physical traffic-calming devices.
