Rockway Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Management – Update

A community meeting was held on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at the Community Center to discuss a proposal for neighborhood traffic management on Rockway Avenue. The Public Works Department has been proposing a half-street closure on Rockway Avenue at Ashbury Avenue that would allow westbound through traffic from Colusa Avenue to Ashbury Avenue, but would prevent eastbound through traffic from Ashbury Avenue to Colusa Avenue. This modification was selected by the Rockway Avenue neighbors to address cut-through traffic volumes as part of a neighborhood traffic management process that began in October 2007.

The Public Works Department will be further evaluating the proposal in light of various comments made at the July 29 meeting, and how any modifications will affect, or be affected by improvements to be constructed as part of the Upper Fairmount Streetscape Master Plan – Phase 1 Project and the recently awarded Highway Safety Improvement Program Grant for the Fairmount Avenue/Ashbury Avenue Intersection Reconfiguration. For this reason, the scheduled presentation to City Council has been postponed. We anticipate presenting the matter to the City Council, including evaluation of impacts, summary of community concerns, and timeline for implementation in September or October 2008. Please return to this website for further updates.

For more information on Rockway Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Management, please contact Yvetteh Ortiz, Engineering Manager at (510) 215-4345 or yortiz@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us.