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Montebello commission approves speed humps on Bradshaw Street to address cut-through traffic
Summary
The Traffic and Safety Commission approved the installation of speed humps on Bradshaw Street between Via San Delaro and Via Campo and directed the traffic engineer to collect speed and volume data and return with an evaluation in about six months.
The Montebello Traffic and Safety Commission on April 28 approved installation of speed humps on the segment of Bradshaw Street between Via San Delaro and Via Campo and directed the traffic engineer to monitor speeds and volumes and report back in roughly six months.
The action follows a resident request received Oct. 14, 2024, and staff observations that motorists were using that stretch as a cut-through. Dennis Barnes, the city traffic engineer, told commissioners the work was coordinated with a planned resurfacing project in the FY 2023–24 street paving program and that staff installed the humps to improve safety and neighborhood quality of life.
Barnes said the newly installed speed humps average between 3 and 3.5 inches in maximum height and have a 12-foot travel length. He said the Bradshaw segment satisfied six of eight internal criteria his department uses to evaluate speed-hump requests and that staff picked six locations for installation: near 628, 709, 741, 765, 813 and 841 Bradshaw Street.
Barnes also said staff did not conduct speed or volume counts before the humps were installed. "Traffic counts were not taken or speed counts were not taken before installation of the speed humps," he said, and added that the traffic engineer will collect that post-installation data and return with an evaluation.
Commissioners asked whether the new humps matched the size of existing humps in the neighborhood; Barnes said the installations were modeled on the humps on Findlay and Hay Avenues. He said larger, truck-passable humps are available but cost roughly an additional $10,000 per location and were not used for budget reasons.
Chair Baez moved to approve the staff recommendation; Vice Chair Knox seconded. A roll-call vote recorded unanimous approval: Commissioner Takayama, Commissioner LaRocca, Commissioner Hernandez, Vice Chair Knox, Chair Baez voted yes. The motion passed.
Barnes said the department will return in about six months with the results of the counts and an assessment of whether the humps reduced speeding on the segment.
The commission’s approval covers the installed humps and the data-collection plan; no change to speed limits or other formal traffic-control devices was made at the meeting.
