Pacific Palisades vs. Santa Monica

As Santa Monica moves forward with its plans to rebuild the California Incline, the city is getting some static from Pacific Palisades. PP residents tell the Palisadian-Post that they worry the reworking of the legendary roadway connecting Pacific Coast Highway with Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue and the bluffs overlooking the ocean will bring more traffic their way:

"If you look at this project," said [Pacific Palisades Community Council] Vice Chair Richard Cohen, "the overwhelming costs are going to hit residents of L.A. And the clear benefits are going to the residents of Santa Monica. We ought to raise hell! We have to stay on our elected leaders."

Among many other complaints, members want Santa Monica to complete improvement of the bluffs before it begins working on the Incline; they want the city to reconfigure the Ocean Avenue-Moomat Ahiko Way intersection to allow two right-turn lanes; and they fear that a traffic signal at 415 PCH during incline construction will create more congestion. Members also want to require around-the-clock construction and provide a bonus for early completion.

Comments

[R. Moses]

Do PP residents utilize Santa Monica business's or services? Me thinks so.

[Chris Bucka]

Amen on the 2 right turn lanes on the Ocean Avenue-Moomat Ahiko Way intersection!! There is ZERO reason that there shouldn't be 2 right lanes instead of left turn lanes. There's NEVER anybody turning left, and always a HUGE line to get onto Ocean turning right. Kudos to the people that already use the middle lane as a right turn lane anyway. It's an obvious fix that would require little more than repainting the lines and making an arrow point in an opposite direction. They should also extend the timing on the lights on Neilson to allow more traffic to flow through, but I'd settle for the 2 right turn lanes any day!