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On Saturday, the Castaic Lions Club hosted a Castaic state of the city meeting where county representatives and local land developers shared updates and heard feedback from the community.
Among those in attendance were Los Angeles Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Mayor Bill Miranda.
The issue of traffic safety in Castaic was raised as an increase in accidents along certain roads has caused concerns among residents.
“To say that I was heartbroken to hear about the tragic accidents that occurred and Sloan Canyon Road would be putting it mildly,” said one of the hosts of the event. “This community should not have to live in fear that this road is unsafe.”
In August, a teenage girl was killed in a rollover crash that occurred on the 28000 block of Sloan Canyon Road, in the same area where a vehicle overturned and collided with a house in a fiery crash in September.
See Related: One Dead, Multiple Injured In Castaic Rollover Crash
During the meeting, it was revealed that Los Angeles County has come to an agreement to accept the western portion of Sloan Canyon Road into their system of highways, which allows for traffic safety studies to be carried out.
The data collection field work is scheduled to begin next week to determine speed limits and warning signs, according to officials at the meeting.
“These studies will be ongoing and we anticipate that the incremental solutions will be developed as a complete traffic study,” said one of the hosts.
See Related: Overturned Car Catches Fire After Colliding With House In A Sloan Canyon Crash, Driver At-Large
It was also announced that there are projects underway to address traffic conditions on the Old Road that includes the demolition and replacement of two bridges over the Santa Clara River and abandoned railroad tracks.
The project is also expected to widen the Old Road from Lake Hughes Road to Hillcrest Parkway from two to four lanes, according to officials at the meeting.
The Old Road project is estimated to be finished by 2023, with construction scheduled to begin this year.
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Excuse me while I try to wrap my head around this. They need a traffic study now to determine road speed and safety, what?? They’ve had YEARS to do this before that school was allowed to open on a compromised road with one way in and out of a fire prone canyon by using simple logic. And now, the best part of all this is that they will use the standard 85% rule where the drivers traveling to and from the school now will determine the speed limit. 90% of the drivers now are driving far too fast, putting lives and wildlife in extreme danger. I witness this every day as I am one of the unfortunate people whose only exit from my neighborhood (Encore/Bravo) is Sloan Canyon onto that traffic nightmare. I fought this school at this location for years for reasons that go far beyond the traffic issues. And, here we are. Oh, and thanks Max for mentioning the secondary access. That was promised at school opening or shortly thereafter. I’m hearing capacity numbers thrown around now. That was NEVER part of the discussions. I know because I was at those meetings!! So, now that the damage is clear and irrevocable, where do we go from here? Is it going to be another 10 years, more tragedy and massive stress and heartbreak for the residents in this area before anything is done??
I don’t mind the school being there at all. I enjoy watching the children.
This is absolutely hideous and neglect on Kathryn Barger, land developers and who ever signed off on these plans. You are all accountable to the lack of safety for our community. Studies were done a long time ago, traffic counters were done in 9th grade so 21/2 years ago and soon the high school will have 12th grade and kids driving to school. Freedoms Way Church is now a school so where are the crosswalks, school zone signs and according to the original plans of the school a signal light was to be installed at Sloan Cyn and Quail Valley, so what happened? No follow through with the plans?. This was not opened to the community and those effected by tragedy and fear. This was a closed meeting, a way to dodge the anger and also the fact I’ve been writing for 21/2 years on this subject. My thoughts were proactive and your response is reactive to say the least. Now you are wasting time with all this garbage when it should have already been foreseen and completed. So let’s wait on the county and don’t hold your breath.