Traffic Congestion
Riverside will be better off by annexing the areas under consideration. Not only will it benefit from the income provided by the growth of housing and commercial, but it will be better able to control the growth of traffic generated from the annexed areas. Now concerning traffic growth. The city is planning to widen Allesandro Blvd. in anticipation of additional traffic as well as accommodating existing traffic. What is going to happen when all the cars arrive at the intersection of Allesandro, Arlington, Chicago, and Central Avenue. The current situation, with cars backing up during rush hour, must be producing enormous quantities of pollution as well as wasting lots of gas.
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to provide better access to the freeways before Allesandro is widened? For example, widen Arlington and Central Avenues. Then at least the bottleneck at the corners of Allesandro and Arlington/Central/Chicago will not be as severe. By the way, what happened to the Overlook bypass that would divert traffic from Allesandro to the 91 Freeway? When will the city traffic planning department discuss proposed concepts with the residents that will be affected before they finalize their plans? After all, the residents probably know more about the problems then hired consultants.
