TRAFFIC CONGESTION RELIEF COMES TO THE CITIES OF HERMOSA BEACH, REDONDO BEACH AND TORRANCE

 

 

 

NEWS FROM DON KNABE

Supervisor, Fourth District

County of Los Angeles

822 Hahn Hall of Administration

 

 

 

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TRAFFIC CONGESTION RELIEF COMES TO THE CITIES OF   HERMOSA BEACH, REDONDO BEACH AND TORRANCE

 

LOS ANGELES, February 9, 2010 – The County of Los Angeles has completed the construction of a Traffic Signal Synchronization Project in the Fourth District cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance Supervisor Don Knabe announced today.

 

The $2.1 million project was financed with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grant Funds and Proposition C Local Return Funds, and focused on coordinating the timing of signals on Anita Street/190th Street/Victoria Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to Wilmington Avenue; Normandie Avenue from El Segundo Boulevard to 170th Street; and on Torrance Boulevard from Pacific Coast Highway to Main Street.

 

This project is part of the County’s ongoing Traffic Signal Synchronization Program to enhance traffic flow and safety for drivers and pedestrians.  Estimates show this Program, which has synchronized over 2,300 intersections on 81 routes to date, has reduced travel times by as much as 29 percent, and has saved motorists, on an annual basis: $387 million in vehicle costs, 26.3 million travel hours, 32.6 million gallons of fuel, and 11,400 tons of pollutants.

 

“It is important that we constantly look for ways to reduce congestion and improve the flow of traffic on our roads,” said Supervisor Knabe.  “By synchronizing these traffic signals, both the residents of these cities and the nearby unincorporated County areas that travel these routes will benefit.”

 

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