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Temecula council moves to lower posted speeds on Margarita Road and other corridors; ordinance introduced 5–0
Summary
The City Council voted 5–0 Feb. 10 to introduce an ordinance to amend Temecula Municipal Code section 10.28.010 and lower posted speeds on several road segments, including reducing multiple stretches of Margarita Road from 45 to 40 mph and posting Summers Bend at 30 mph.
The Temecula City Council voted unanimously Feb. 10 to introduce an ordinance that would lower posted speed limits on several city streets following a staff engineering and traffic survey.
Principal traffic engineer Nick Minichilli presented the 2025 engineering and traffic survey prepared with Willdunn Engineering, explaining that the city uses the 80th-percentile prevailing-speed method and a review of collisions and roadway characteristics to set posted speeds. The presentation recommended a series of adjustments: posting Summers Bend at 30 mph, reducing multiple segments of Margarita Road from 45 to 40 mph for corridor consistency and safety, lowering two Temecula Parkway segments…
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