Central Avenue construction is causing increased traffic on Santa Clara, leading to safety concerns for pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers are using Santa Clara as a detour, making it difficult for residents, especially children, to navigate safely. Rather than enhancing traffic enforcement or signage, the city has removed existing slow street barricades due to anticipated traffic increases associated with the start of school. This decision has raised fears about safety among local residents who now face more aggressive drivers and limited options for safe travel.
Drivers keep driving through Santa Clara as a detour around Central Ave construction. We don't have any signage like other intersections along 5th St or like when construction began. We don't have any enforcement like in April. It's worse than ever. There are fewer people using the streets, instead only more drivers. Kids are afraid to ride bikes and scooters off of the sidewalks.
The barricades on Santa Clara Slow Street are coming down ... leaving kids heading back to school by bike the choice of heavy street traffic or sidewalks.
The City will remove the Santa Clara Ave Slow Street barricades today due to safety concerns related to increased auto volumes anticipated with the start of school. The City Engineer determined that the barricade removal is necessary for public safety based on increased traffic volumes.
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