COSTA MESA
The City Council decided this week not to create a four-way stop at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Santa Ana Avenue where a man plowed his Cadillac into a day-care center playground earlier this year, killing two children.
City staff began looking into the possibility of placing stop signs at the intersection after a meeting was held in August by the city, Southcoast Early Childhood Learning Center and residents. At the meeting, residents complained that a reinforced wall built around the playground to protect children created a traffic hazard by blocking visibility.
One solution suggested at that time was placing stop signs at the intersection. However, city staff found that the intersection does not meet any required criteria for the installation of stop signs.
The city already has decided to paint a curb on Santa Ana Avenue red to prevent cars from parking and blocking visibility there.
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