Sabre Springs Parkway Report
At its January 20, 2010, meeting, The Sabre Springs Planning Group voted unanimously to receive a report from the City on the issues and condition of Sabre Springs Parkway. It also unanimously approved to accept the recommendations from the city on how to address issues and concerns. The report and recommendations were requested soon after the third fatality in a year on a stretch of the roadway between Poway Road and Evening Creek Drive North/Evening Creek Drive East.
The recommendations that will be implemented within the year include installing RPMs (Raised Pavement Markers) near all roadway striping, including near the medians, on the southbound and northbound lanes of Sabre Springs Parkway; and installing two V-Calm signs. A "V-Calm" sign is a product name for a particular Electronic Speed Sign or sometimes called a Driver Feedback Sign. One on the northbound and one on the southbound lane of Sabre Springs Parkway, that will alert motorists of their current speed and also track vehicle speeds in excess of the speed limit.
The city said the two measures should work in conjunction with each other to help calm traffic on this stretch of Sabre Springs Parkway. San Diego Police will also be able to use the speed survey data to track speeds by radar and issue citations for violators.
The planning group is very thankful to the city's traffic engineering staff for acting quickly and producing a report and excellent recommendations in a very short amount of time.
In other planning group news, the group voted 7-1 to install angled parking in front of businesses on the west side of a portion of Evening Creek Drive South and North. The new angled parking will help increase on-street parking for the businesses along this portion of the street and also cause the large semis, box trucks, and RVs to park only on a portion of the east side of the street.
