West Covina : Woodgate Drive Barricade
Woodgate Drive will be barricaded permanently just west of Greenborough Place, the City Council decided.
The street was temporarily blocked last November, after residents complained that motorists were speeding down Woodgate to avoid the intersection of Amar Road and Azusa Avenue. Because the temporary blockade significantly reduced traffic, residents asked for permanent closure.
About 100 people, most backing the closing, came to Monday’s council hearing. “Before I was living in a freeway, now I’m living in a neighborhood,” Frank Anselmini said.
But two people who live nearby said closing Woodgate would cause traffic congestion on their streets.
Interim City Manager Harry Thomas estimated the cost of closing the street and forming cul-de-sacs on both sides at $29,857.
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