Comment by Jamie Edmonds on June 16, 2010 at 6:55pm

"Also, be sure to watch the video on 10News.com. At the 1:02 mark, you can see someone wearing an eCoronado.com t-shirt (thanks!)."

Always happy to represent, Steve! ;-)

Keep up the good work keeping the people informed. This sort of dialog is invaluable to our residents!

Photo Star Comment by Richard Barck on June 17, 2010 at 9:05am

I believe that the "Tunnel Commission" may be having an emotionally hard time "letting go" of their multi-year focus. Our mayor, however, seems more rady to "listen to the citizens of Coronado". We'll have to stay watchful and see where thisgoes.
FYI, San Deigo County is still counting absentee and provisional ballots (about 16,000 remain throughout the County); results as of Wednesday evening (06/16) show Tunnel votes as 4877 of 9869 registered voters, a 40% turnout -- which is GOOD for an off-year (non-Preseidential) primary. Latest count is 3269 - YES and 1608 - NO; 67% YES, 33% NO.

Comment by Candace Tyler on June 22, 2010 at 9:10am

If the Council takes the "Advice" of the Commission instead of the "Advice" of the majority of voters...we need some huge changes in the people we put in the position of helping the people that put them in their positions to begin with! How about at the next election for Council, we ignore the majority vote and just appoint a commission to run City Hall? That leaves the problem of Who would appoint the commission?

Comment by Kaye Schneider on June 22, 2010 at 9:45am

In my opinion, we can and should help residents in the Third & Fourth Street corridor with traffic mitigation measures like noise-reducing landscaping, double-paned windows, protective fencing and shuttle buses. While the city may "help: with noise mitigation, which was done with the 25 mph. limit, I am NOT crazy about city money enhancing individual homes...shuttle yes...will you then start "mitigating" the neighborhoods impacted by SCHOOL TRAFFIC?...I am for working on traffic on ORANGE.

Comment by Candace Tyler on June 22, 2010 at 10:15am

If a home was purchased on 3rd or 4th Streets post-bridge, the noise and traffic problems should have been taken into consideration. I don't believe tax dollars should be spent on private residences unless they owned the home pre-bridge and have no recourse. Does the Navy help those near Ocean Blvd or the Country CLub area with air traffic noise? Not!

Comment by IVAN M. DUNN on June 22, 2010 at 1:07pm

For Chris Searles,
I agree that reasonable dialogue is important. In the case of the tunnel, the sense of the voters was clear. Stop studying it and move towards other means to keep our community a special place to live in. Reaction by the Tunnel Commission following the defeat of Prop H did not help support the reasonable dialogue you and I both desire. I also attended the bicycle workshop on 26 June and provided comments on the excellent graphics. That is exactly the type of participatory dialogue we need regarding our traffic problems.

Comment by MIKE GAPP on June 22, 2010 at 2:09pm

i live on Third Street.

I like it.

I am glad that the majority made the right choice and kissed the Tunnel goodbye, and I won't get upset about the others, especially if we get a larger bike initiative out of this somehow - better make it a wide path, cuz I'm gettin' fat and might need the space - LOL.

Mike Gapp

Comment by Chris Searles on June 22, 2010 at 4:37pm

Ivan... I can see that. I can also see that from the council's point of view they see the CTC as citizen input. This is at the heart of Mitch's comments about the need to retool (and perhaps rename) the CTC so its focus widens to explore more pragmatic and popular traffic calming measures.

Regarding Candace's comments: I absolutely see the pre and post bridge view point. On the other hand... Should those that bought on 3rd or 4th post-bridge be punished for the (now) 3 carriers and logarithmic increase in traffic over the last 40 years? That is essentially punishing a corridor of Coronado citizens for the city's (and Caltrans, and the Navy's) inability to reach consensus on real traffic calming solutions despite knowing that the bridge and Coronado's streets would handle a predictably increased traffic burden. Given this, it seems reasonable to hold the parties designated to find solutions over the last 40 years at least partially accountable when we've all been watching the same train coming down the tracks. Also, Coronado is an awfully small place, and improvements to the 3rd and 4th street corridors are likely to help the entire island and not just benefit those homeowners whether through increased home values (good for all homeowners island-wide), traffic calming, or safe crossing zones (to name a few).

Comment by Therese Dougherty on June 22, 2010 at 10:59pm

I agree that we do need to do something to help mitigate the noise, etc. for the homes along 3rd and 4th. When we bought our home just off 4th in the late 70s, the traffic was nothing like it is now.
And I also think we HAVE to really consider ways to ease the traffic on Orange. When I asked about having a chirper to indicate when it was safe for people with low vision to cross at a light, the answer was that it would be $10k per light. That seemed a ridiculous amount, until I learned that the lights on Orange are all hardwired. No wonder we have back-ups most of the time.

Comment by Ray Gosselin on June 25, 2010 at 2:43pm

The reason we vote on issues is to listen to what the Majority NOT Minority of the People want. What is the point in Voting if those we put in power wont listen to us!!!! the majority.

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