Engineering 2019-1-8 Public Safety CommitteePublic Safety Committee Meeting
Meeting Date: 1/8/19
PUBLIC WORKS / ENGINEERING UPDATE:
1. City applied for and received $525,000 in Federal HSIP grant money to design
and construct a raised landscaped median on Antelope between Newport and
La Piedra. Lanes will be shifted to provide U-turns on Antelope at Stillwater which
will eliminate the problem of vehicles making U-turns in the residential
neighborhood.
2. Murrieta Rd Striping Plan being developed. Will add bike/golf cart lanes, center
turn lane, and access changes near Newport to improve safety.
3. Staff toured Moreno Valley Traffic Management Center (TMC). Moreno Valley
TMC has traffic cameras at most all intersections and also has additional fixed
cameras at intersections that record for 30 days and are used by Sheriff
Department for crime prevention. Some agencies also use License Plate
Readers on their traffic signals for crime prevention. Plans to incorporate
cameras for potential sheriff use as part of implementation of Menifee TMC.
4. Antelope/Palm Villa Traffic Signal timing adjusted to improve northbound left turn
into new shopping center and reduce queues.
5. Newport/Antelope plans being developed to modify to provide double
northbound right turn lanes with signalized right turn arrow. This will help
decrease queues in right turn lane that currently back up and block traffic signal
at Palm Villa.
6. Working with Romoland School District to address traffic congestion and safety
concerns at Ethan Chase Middle School. Specific concerns at Heritage
Lake/Grand.
7. Railroad Canyon widening project by City of Lake Elsinore. Widening and
Striping 3 lanes of traffic in each direction between Grape Street and Canyon
Hills Road. Construction hours Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4
p.m. Westbound construction January - March 2019. Eastbound construction
March - April 2019.
8. Reviewing plans for numerous traffic signals with latest one be ing McCall/Aqua.
9. Continuing project development review on numerous land development projects.
10. Finalizing plans to improve traffic safety at Freedom Crest Elementary School.