Weside Waldorf School trustees hoped the long-awaited stoplight installation at the corner of Los Liones Drive and Sunset Boulevard could begin at the end of December 2010. The money ($605,305) was in place and the school had been requesting final plan approval from the City since last May. However, the project was once again delayed when LADOT (Los Angeles Department of Transportation) requested a design change in November, and the drawings then had to be re-reviewed. ’The opportunity to expedite the installation of the signal during the school’s December holiday break was lost,’ said trustee Jeff Beall, noting that the Bureau of Engineering (BOE) has almost finished ‘indexing’ the project. They have had the plans since November 1. ’Indexing means filing,’ Joaquin Macias, Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s senior field deputy told the Palisadian-Post on January 3. ‘I have called the BOE to find out the exact time the contractors will be able to pull the permits and I hope to hear before the end of the week.’ ’Once approvals are complete, a meeting will be scheduled between representatives of the Westside Waldorf School and Phong Nguyen at BOE and a construction permit will be signed,’ Beall said. If the construction permit is issued before the end of January, the bulk of the heavy roadwork could begin February 21-25 during a school break. ’If the work can be scheduled during that time frame, then the date for final installation and full activation of the traffic signal should be before April 2011,’ Beall said. The Waldorf School was required to install a stoplight as part of its conditional use permit to open in January 2007. City officials conceded that traffic at that intersection wasn’t sufficient to necessitate a light, but bowed to pressure from Castellammare residents who wanted a stoplight to create a safer left turn from Los Liones onto eastbound Sunset.
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