SR-020866-8d.,
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CITY OF SANTA .MONICA 66-C-~
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~~,, DATE: February 1, 1966 ~' ~^ ~ ~ ~' ~'
' TO: The Honorable City Council `EQ v 1966
THIS iVIUST I3E
FROM: City Manager RETURNED TO THE
CITY C~,~RK'S O'rF1CE
FOR FILING.
SUBSECT: Access from the Pacific Coast Highway to the California Incline
for Northbound Traffic
In reviewing the attached report by the Director of Public Works, it
appears reasonably certain that the cost of any alternative, except
possible access to the California Incline, is prohibitive. Even in this
instance, the estimated cost is in excess of $100,000 and may
potentially run as high as $250,000.
In the event the City Council is disposed to spend funds of this
magnitude for such access, it is requested that the Council authorize
the retention of consulting soils and structural engineers for the
purpose of a more complete study and a more precise cost estimate.
Since the opening of the Freeway, the number of motorists who have
missed the Lincoln Boulevard turn-off because of inadequate signing
has been quite substantial. We are currently surveying the number
of traffic citations and complaints to the Automabile Club for the
purpose of obtaining a modification of such signing devices. It is our
opinion that the placing of a "Last Santa Monica Exit" sign on the
11th Street crossing structure would eliminate the major share of
the motorists who have assumed that there would be additional
access to Santa Monica. In the event this proves to be true, it would
seem that there would be little necessity for the expenditure of
additional funds for access to Ocean Avenue from the Pacific Coast
Highway.
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City Manager
c. c. City Clerk
City Attorney
Director of Public Works