Hermosa Beach Launches Prospect Avenue Traffic Demo

From the Hermosa Beach City School District:

March 03, 2020

The City of Hermosa Beach will study, test, and evaluate various safety enhancements along a 1.4 mile corridor of Prospect Avenue that spans the city, passes in front of Hermosa View School, and connects Manhattan Beach to Redondo Beach.

Implementation of this project allows the City to examine the various traffic calming and bicycle enhancements proposed in the Bicycle Master Plan and the Safe Routes to School Program along this corridor. The potential solutions identified in these plans include intersection crossing markings, bicycle detection at signals, curb extensions, high visibility crosswalks, traffic circles, increased landscaping, and additional street markings.

"Many View School students choose to walk, bike, or scooter their way in and out each day, which inevitably puts them onto Prospect," notes Sylvia Gluck, View School Principal currently on temporary assignment as Valley School Principal while Principal Rockwell is on maternity leave. "it's great to see the city taking a close look at the safety of everyone living in the area, coming to the school, or just passing by." Gluck will sit on a community stakeholder group developed for this effort.

More information on this project can be found on the City of Hermosa Beach website.

This press release was produced by the Hermosa Beach City School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.