'Snail's pace' on safety work
Malibu officials are fuming at the slow pace in installing traffic safety signs on Pacific Coast Highway, which has been the site of numerous serious crashes. According to the Malibu Times, the money is there, but the effort seems caught in red tape:
When Public Safety Commissioner Carol Randall's son-in-law Mark Osborne was killed by a speeding motorist in front of her family home on Pacific Coast Highway, she went before the Malibu City Council and demanded that something be done about motorists traveling at excessive speeds on what basically amounts to a residential street but is treated like a freeway. Her campaign led to the approval of six traffic reduction or Vehicle Calming signs, but four and a half years later, the signs are nowhere to be seen. "I've been pounding on it," Randall said. "But it's moving at a snail's pace."
