Signal Tribune Your Weekly Community Newspaper
VOL. XLIII NO. 48
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Serving Bixby Knolls, California Heights, Los Cerritos, Wrigley and Signal Hill
Friday, November 26, 2021
DEVELOPMENT
HOLIDAYS
Signal Hill’s new housing plans expected to drive up traffic
67th Annual Daisy Lane Parade will follow modified route through Wrigley Neighborhood tS aff eR port Signal rT ibune
Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune
(Top left) A driver turns off of Orange Avenue onto 32nd Street towards the Interstate 405 Freeway onramp in Signal Hill. (Top Right) A driver turns off of Orange Avenue onto 32nd Street towards the Interstate 405 Freeway onramp in Signal Hill. (Bottom Left) Northbound traffic backs up to Burnett Street at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Willow Street in Signal Hill on Nov. 23, 2021. (Bottom Right) A vehicle waits to turn left onto Spring Street from Walnut Avenue in Signal Hill.
S n A ita W. a H rris Senior Writer
ignal Hill’s new housing plans may come with new traffic concerns. According to a Sept. 22 transportation impact report, occupants of the new homes could generate nearly 5,300 additional car trips daily. To meet its State required goal of 517 new homes by 2029, Signal Hill is planning to build four new multifamily housing developments over the next eight years. However, the City anticipates exceeding that goal by constructing 706 new dwelling units, according to Community Development Director Colleen Doan. The four planned sites are: Orange Bluff, located on Orange Avenue be-
tween 27th and 28th streets; Walnut Bluff at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Willow Street; Town Center Northwest, a residential and retail mixed-use site at the northeast corner of Walnut Avenue and Willow Street; and Heritage Square, another mixed-use site, along Cherry Avenue between Crescent Heights and E. Burnett streets. The City commissioned the traffic study from Santa Ana-based consultants Ganddini Group as part of a larger environmental impact analysis of the planned new housing developments. The study is based on 724 new housing units—the maximum possible units on the planned sites but more than the City’s 706 planned units. The report forecasts 5,299 additional daily trips once the maximum new housing is occupied, including 334 additional trips during peak
weekday morning hours and 405 during peak evening hours. Four intersections—all along Orange Avenue—would be most impacted by the additional vehicle trips, according to the study: Orange Avenue at 32nd Street, Orange Avenue at Spring Street, Orange Avenue at Willow Street and the south I-405 on-ramp on Orange Avenue. Three of these problems can be mitigated with some improvements, the study states. Adding a traffic signal at the I-405 south turn on Orange Avenue and adding through-lanes at Orange Avenue and Spring and Willow streets would help improve traffic flow at those points. Those three improvements would cost between $700,000 and $1,050,000, with the traffic light alone costing $400,000 to $600,000, see TRAFFIC CONGESTION page 5
The 67th Annual Daisy Lane Parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. A modified parade route was chosen so that the parade follows state and local health guidance. “I am very happy to see the Daisy Parade return for its 67th year, and I am glad we have found a way to ensure residents can enjoy the parade safely,” Councilmember Roberto Uranga said in a statement. “As a longtime resident of the Wrigley neighborhood, my family has taken part in many memorable parade events, and I look forward to making new memories this year.” The modified route will include the original parade route, and will also wind through the Wrigley neighborhood so that residents can watch from their own property. Decorations for the Daisy Lane Parade will be placed on the Daisy Median. The parade route will extend from Wardlow Road and Pacific Coast Highway on the North and South, to Magnolia Avenue and the Los Angeles River on the East and West. The event was organized by the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance (WANA), the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA), and Uranga’s office. According to the City’s website, the event was started in 1953 by Gertrude Whittle. She worked with the Council of Churches and Long Beach City Council to set up a Christmas village and nativity scene on the grass median on Daisy Avenue. “When we were asked to help organize the ‘mobile’ Daisy Lane Parade, we jumped at the chance,” said Blair Cohn, president of the BKBIA. “My family used to visit Daisy Lane when I was a child and it was magical. We have organized this style of parade in Bixby Knolls over these past two years, and it has been a great success. We are happy to do the same in the Wrigley neighborhood and keep this important tradition alive.”
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