Westside Waldorf School received final approval on February 9 from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation and the Department of Building and Safety for a traffic signal installation at Los Liones Drive and Sunset Boulevard. Construction is expected to take place during the week of February 21 to 24. The traffic signal, as well as street lighting, sidewalks, curbing signage and street striping involved with the project, should also be completed by the end of May. FlatIron Construction Corporation is the contractor and, according to school trustees, projected costs are in excess of $600,000. They acknowledge the Getty Trust for its $150,000 pledge towards the project, and note that L.A. City fees are expected to account for about $125,000, or slightly more than 20 percent of project costs. ‘ 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 Boulevard. The school has funded the traffic signal through budget cuts, staff reductions and external fundraising. Trustees invite Palisades residents to lend their support by making a tax-deductible contribution to the to the Westside Waldorf School earmarked specifically for use toward the Los Liones/Sunset traffic signal.’ ‘ ‘The long-desired traffic signal is designed to make a dangerous stretch of Sunset safer for everyone in the local community, and all who drive through the Pacific Palisades,’ Waldorf trustees wrote in a February 10 press release. ‘We wish to thank everyone in the Pacific Palisades community for their patience, forbearance and support during the time it has taken to complete this enormous undertaking.’ ‘SUE PASCOE
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