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Residents renew 23-year plea for Leucadia roundabout and safe routes to school
Summary
Residents told the council the Leucadia Boulevard/Hygiea intersection needs a roundabout, sidewalks and safer crossings for children. Speakers said promised projects have been delayed for more than two decades and urged the council to restore funding and prioritize grants for pedestrian safety.
Encinitas — Multiple residents and parents pressed the City Council to prioritize a long‑promised roundabout and sidewalks at Leucadia Boulevard and Hygiea Avenue, a stretch residents said carries roughly 15,000 vehicles per day and lacks safe pedestrian crossings.
Speakers—including longtime neighborhood activists and parents of children who walk to Pollacki Central Elementary—described a decades-long effort to complete pedestrian improvements, said the intersection has seen collisions and near-misses, and called for the promised roundabout and “complete sidewalks” to be funded and built. Several speakers noted they had been advocating for the project for 23 years and said the council previously reassigned funds to…
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