Traffic Blockage
I completely agree with the Letter to the Editor by Peter Friedman in the September 14 print edition about the unprecedented traffic blockage on Tuesday, August 29.
Pacific Coast Highway southbound was completely closed at the Chautauqua, Entrada exits, causing all traffic to be rerouted onto Sunset Boulevard, where it hardly moved. After three hours of trying to commute for an important medical procedure, I had to give up and reschedule it. Fortunately, it was not for an urgent or an emergent condition. But, what if it had been an emergency, or what if the problem was a wind-whipped wildfire advancing on our neighborhoods?
As Peter recommended, our political leaders should establish a traffic control system and evacuation signage capacity for traffic problems and disasters. In addition, there should be some way to alert the Palisades area residents of serious traffic problems, and the best plans for commuting or for evacuation.
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