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City roads slated for improvement City officials are working to improve traffic flow throughout Moorpark. Projects include widening portions of Los Angeles Avenue, light synchronization, and resurfacing Tierra Rejada as well as some minor streets. "Our objective along L.A. Avenue is to widen the road into three lanes in each direction from the 23 Freeway to the city line. That will provide one travel lane for trucks and two travel lanes for passenger vehicles," said Mayor Patrick Hunter. Los Angeles Avenue has three lanes in each direction most of the way through Moorpark, but there are two missing links on the south side of the state route, according to Yugal Lall, public works director and city engineer for Moorpark. The City Council voted last week to hire a consultant to design and prepare to widen the southern side of Los Angeles Avenue between Leta Yancy Road and Maureen Lane. Officials are also working on an environmental study for the other, slimmer portion of that route between Moorpark Road and Spring Street. That study should be complete in June, Lall said. The improvements will also include a sidewalk in places without one on the south side of Los Angeles Avenue, Hunter said. Plans also call for a traffic signal at Millar Street and Los Angeles Avenue. In an effort to beautify the busy thoroughfare, city officials also hope to construct raised landscape medians along Los Angeles Avenue. The medians will enhance safety by precluding left-turn conflicts, said Hunter. "We're preparing conceptual plans and will ask Caltrans (the agency responsible for the road) for permission to proceed," said Lall. If all goes according to plan, work will begin in summer of 2008, he said. The city is also working to resurface Tierra Rejada Road, which has deteriorated over the years and requires a great deal of maintainance. "There are only so many remediation steps you can take before you consider reconstruction," Hunter said. Other road projects underway include the widening of Walnut Canyon Road between Casey Road and the city boundary to the north. Developers responsible for these projects will also soften some of the curves along the winding road. City staff is also working on designs to widen Princeton Avenue between High Street and Campus Park Drive. That project requires acquisition of private property to expand the road from two to four lanes, Hunter said. In the Moorpark College area, a developer is paying for changes at the intersection of Collins and Campus Park drives to improve vehicle and pedestrian flow. Funding for the above projects will come from the state, gas tax money, congestion management relief funds, developers and taxpayers. "We need to take care of the streets; it's very important," said Lall |
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