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Residents urge infrastructure, evacuation studies before proposed Regency-area housing
Summary
Multiple Agoura Hills residents told the City Council during public comment that planned housing near the former Regency theater should not proceed without studies and upgrades to roads, evacuation routes, and utilities after wildfire evacuations and weekend congestion left neighbors unable to leave during past fires.
Residents at an Agoura Hills City Council meeting raised safety and infrastructure concerns about proposed housing near the former Regency theater site, urging the council to require traffic, evacuation and utility studies before approvals move forward.
The comments, delivered during the meeting's public comment period, focused on limited egress for neighborhoods south of U.S. 101, heavy weekend congestion on Canaan Road, frequent power outages and wildfire evacuation experiences residents said were not reflected in existing traffic studies.
Frank Grieco, a 29-year resident and long-time homeowners association treasurer, said large new housing projects at the Regency site and another nearby parcel would worsen already-congested routes. “Without expanding the infrastructure to handle…
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