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Ontario residents urge action after multiple deadly crashes on Mountain Avenue; council asks staff for report
Summary
Residents from the Racquet Club HOA told the council that repeated high‑speed crashes and three recent fatalities on Mountain Avenue demand traffic‑calming measures — guardrails, speed humps and stepped‑up enforcement. City staff and the city manager agreed to prepare an engineering and police report and a work order for follow-up.
Many speakers at the public‑comment period told the Ontario City Council on Oct. 15 that crashes on Mountain Avenue have become a recurring, fatal problem and urged prompt city action.
"There have been between August '23 and August '24, there have been 3 fatalities there," said David James, who identified himself as a Racquet Club of Ontario board member and presented photos and a handout of recent accidents. John Doyle, who said he has lived in the development for more than 30 years, told council, "People are dying. Children are dying. Families are dying." Multiple other residents described near‑misses, property damage and longstanding parking and visibility issues.
Speakers proposed a range of remedies, from targeted police enforcement and DUI checkpoints to physical traffic‑calming measures such as guardrails, speed humps and painted box markings. Sherry Wicks, a longtime resident, urged the council to consider speed humps and other engineering solutions and noted the community had prepared exhibits and illustrations for staff.
City Manager (staff) and traffic‑engineering representatives told the council they have been examining the corridor. "The traffic engineering has been looking at this, so we should be very close to coming up with a plan that probably involves some kind of guardrail system, and then the enforcement piece has to come through OPD," a city staff speaker said. Council members asked staff to prepare and distribute a joint report from engineering and police; the city manager confirmed that the report would be completed and that any resulting work order would be returned to council.
The mayor invited the speakers and staff to meet in a follow‑up session to review potential fixes. The exchange concluded with staff committing to a coordinated evaluation and an action plan for council review and a promised work order to implement engineering changes if warranted.
Next steps: staff agreed to prepare an engineering and police report and return with a recommended work order; the council flagged the item for follow‑up but did not take a formal vote at the meeting.
