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Malibu gridlock, but who cares?

Malibu_1Malibu residents are having a tough time figuring out why traffic has suddenly gotten worse on Pacific Coast Highway. Residents say the problems are backing up traffic for a half-hour or more. Road work, messed up traffic signals and construction at the Bel-Air Bay Club have contributed, according to the Malibu Times. The paper found that it is hard to find who exactly is responsible for fixing the problems:

As far as traffic control is concerned, the area is in the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Police Department, which rarely sends officers to the scene of such backups. According the Sheriff's Department, the LAPD is likely to respond to an injury or emergency situation, but not to a traffic tie-up. The snarl, however, did seem like a bit of an emergency for thousands of motorists...

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Steve Hymon is The Times' Road Sage. He covers traffic and transportation in a region united by a confounding network of freeways that frustrate drivers daily. The Bottleneck Blog is Steve's website home, where he breaks transportation news, reports on traffic tie-ups and brings a critical but humorous eye to commuting in Southern California. You can reach Steve at steve.hymon@latimes.com.

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