Comments on: Business owners sound off about Leucadia improvements

By: JP in Leucadia

JP in Leucadia — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:55:59 +0000

Leucadians want stop signs? Are you serious? 5 years the same people asking for stop signs now wanted to string up people lobbying for stop signs then. The lone stop sign in Leucadia at Marcheta (Juanitas) is so loathed that cut thru traffic became a serious problem and they had to ban right turns at Leucadia Glass during the morning commute. Ironically Leucadia Glass owner Rick Smith is against roundabouts, but if we got a roundabout there then his trucks could actually access his business again.

By: Leucadian

Leucadian — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:57:11 +0000

No, it was a Chamber of Commerce Meeting. I am grateful that the opinions of all the merchants are being considered, and that the Chamber of Commerce asked for and received copies of the surveys that had been received at the November 13 public workshop at City Hall.

According to Mike Andreen’s column in the Coast News, a very healthy majority of those attending the final workshop are NOT in favor of five roundabouts and/or narrowing the lanes on Historic Old Highway 101 to only 10 feet, and also taking out an entire lane going northbound. This would surely result in traffic diverting through the neighborhoods, including along Neptune (one way, northbound) and Vulcan (which would also impact traffic at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School.

Most residents and over four hundred people who have signed petitions at Leucadia Glass and Sub Palace do not favor five roundabouts and only three lanes on a major highway. Stop signs and a few u-turn lanes would work better at slowing traffic, while preserving the funky quality of Leucadia.

By: Helpful?

Helpful? — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:54:38 +0000

This was not a public meeting. No residents were allowed to attend, unless they were members of the chamber, with their dues paid, businesses owners on N.Coast Hwy 101 only were invited only if they called a phone number and may or may not be invited. It was stated the agenda was set by the chamber and moderators offered far too much opinion over facts.