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FROM: Supervisor Tom TOrlaksonContra
Costa
Introduced December 13 , 1988
DATE: for Board Action on December 20 , 1988 County
SUBJECT: SPEED LIMIT THROUGH OAKLEY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct the Public Works Department to
review the matter of the higher speed limit established by Caltrans
through Oakley. Draft a letter for signature by the Chair of the
Board of Supervisors to Caltrans expressing strong concern about the
increased speed limit. Request the Oakley School Board and the Oakley
Municipal Advisory Council join the county in requesting the speed
limit be reduced to 25 mph in this area.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Oakley school board member Bob
Kratina called me regarding what he believes to be a serious safety
hazard at the Highway 4 and Norcross intersection in Oakley. He urges
the speed limit to be reduced in this area. Caltrans recently
increased the speed limit to 40 mph. I had previously pursued this
through a letter of my own and a request from our Public Works.
' Department. I believe the speed limit should be reduced for general
safety, and in particular the increasing number of the school children
in the area. On a foggy or rainy day, the big trucks going through
the area will have a very difficult time stopping quickly if a child
happens to be crossing the intersection. The county should ask the
Oakley School Board and OMAC join us in making the request to Caltrans
for a 25 mph speed limit.
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cc: Bob Kratina - -
Oakley School Board
Oakley Municipal Advisory Council _.
East County Regional Planning Commission
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED Y1 OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT J ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
cc: Public Works DEC 2 0 1988
Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board o
County Administrator
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7-83
By lu I. , DEPUTY