Lake Avenue Restriping Project Underway

The county has started work on transforming the top of Lake Avenue from a four-lane road to a two-lane road with a center turn lane and wider shoulders.

The preliminary marking work has been started as of Tuesday and the work will be wrapped up by October 5, according to an email from Jalaine Madrid, the project's director.

The idea behind the changes is to reduce the risk of collisions on left turns, reduce overall traffic speed, and increase pedestrian safety, according to a letter sent out to Altadena homeowners (which can be viewed on right).

Though the county did not list any specific incidents or statistics on accidents in the area, there is at least one recent example of a nearby accident, where a .

The county intends to do a traffic study on the area after the project is completed and release the results after six months, according to the letter.