After lobbying for two decades, neighbors celebrated Tuesday, August 10, when the city at last installed stop signs for both north and southbound traffic along Meridian Ave. at Oak St..
It’s the only place along Meridian where cars must stop over the mile long stretch between Monterey Rd and the city’s southern border at Kendall Ave. During the first day, most drivers stopped or at least slowed at the intersection, though a handful were seen barreling through despite the signage.
The stop signs went up after a unanimous July 21 vote by the City Council, which acted contrary to recommendation from its Mobility and Transportation Infrastructure Commission and a less than enthusiastic report from its Public Works Director, Shahid Abbas.
The Council deferred requests for stop signs along Meridian at Pine and Maple Streets to the MTIC, which at its meeting next Tuesday at 6:30 pm, is expected to ask city staff to provide traffic and speed data along the whole stretch of Meridian.
