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I was wondering about the re-stiping on southbound Santa Teresa
Boulevard between Day Road and Sunrise Drive. Santa Teresa reverts
back to a one-lane road for a short distance between Sunrise and
Longmeadow Drive thus causing an ‘hourglass effect’ before
returning to a two-lane road. As long as the work on the road was
being done why not make Santa Teresa two lanes through the entire
area?
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“I was wondering about the re-stiping on southbound Santa Teresa Boulevard between Day Road and Sunrise Drive. Santa Teresa reverts back to a one-lane road for a short distance between Sunrise and Longmeadow Drive thus causing an ‘hourglass effect’ before returning to a two-lane road. As long as the work on the road was being done why not make Santa Teresa two lanes through the entire area?”
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“Just wondering why when they restriped Santa Teresa Boulevard going southbound south of Christopher High they made the first right-hand lane a right hand turn only onto Sunrise Drive rather than making the whole of Santa Teresa a two-lane highway going south?”
Dear Drivers, The area is too narrow to fit two full lanes into the area, said City Engineer Don Dey.
“The city would have to buy the property west of Santa Teresa Boulevard,” Dey said. “At this time, the city doesn’t have the money to widen it to two lanes.”
In addition to the lines on the road, a curb, gutter and sidewalks would need to be added to bring it up to standards, he said.
“We will keep our eyes open for ways to make the connection,” Dey said. “As it stands now, we don’t have any projects that would get that done.”
Idling a waste of time
“I live on Rosanna Street and my bedroom window faces the street. Almost every morning, at least Monday through Friday, my neighbor will warm up his truck each morning. He goes out between 4:50 and 5:15 a.m., starts it up, then lets it just run – sometimes for almost an hour. I was wondering if this is even legal?”
Red Phone: There are no laws against letting a car warm up in your driveway, other than the common sense rules. You often hear about people who leave their car running, come back and it’s gone.
Cartalk.com says as long as its not freezing, you don’t have to worry about warming up your car as long as you drive slow when you start off. And Air Automotive Tracking (www.aatracking.com) claims that idling a vehicle for 10 minutes a day uses about 26 gallons of gas a year. So if you need to let your car warm up, keep it short.
