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Residents urge Encinitas council to act after four traffic deaths; neighbors press review of Lucadia Boulevard restaurant
Summary
During oral communications, roughly 20 speakers pressed the council for stronger street-safety measures after four recent fatalities, raised specific design and safety concerns about Santa Fe Drive and Encinitas Boulevard, and urged review of alleged unpermitted modifications at 145 Lucadia Boulevard.
Dozens of residents and students used the city’s public-comment period on Tuesday to press the Encinitas City Council for immediate action on street safety and to ask the council to investigate a new restaurant at 145 Lucadia Boulevard.
Multiple speakers said four people died this calendar year in Encinitas traffic incidents and urged the city to treat the trend as an emergency. Natalie Geier, a sophomore at San Diego Academy, asked the city to "declare a local roadway state of emergency" and proposed speed cameras, red-light cameras, electronic road signs and a renaming of Village Square Drive to "Emery's Crossing" as a memorial and reminder after the recent death of a 12-year-old student, Emery Chalikian. Geier listed four people killed this year by name: Emily Hernandez (66), Marcos Perez Domingo (45), Roderick…
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