Work Aimed at Safety, Not Tennis

Dear Traffic Talk:

During the heavy rains about 2 1/2 years ago, the hillside and tennis court at 14820 Mulholland Drive in Sherman Oaks washed down onto the street, closing the area for many days.

Since early this year, workers have been rebuilding the property, and I was astounded to see several city parking control vehicles and personnel there. Even more astounding is to find city trucks and workers actually doing the work to restore the property’s tennis court and hillside. Is this city property, and if not, how is it that so many city workers are deployed to fix private property?

Signs on Mulholland near Beverly Glen Boulevard and Roscomare Road said the work should have been completed by Sept. 11. Can the public be inconvenienced for a lengthy and unspecified time for the sake of one tennis court?

--Jim Morrison

Woodland Hills

Dear Jim:

Work at the private home is part of a city project to stabilize a slope to prevent future inconvenience to drivers on Mulholland, said Robert Reed, a spokesman at the city Department of Public Works.

The city bureau of street services is working to prevent mud slides and erosion on the property, Reed said. Workers are also constructing a bulkhead wall to keep mud from sliding onto the street, and are planting vegetation to prevent runoff, he said.

Traffic control has been part of the project, which should be completed by the end of this month.

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Dear Traffic Talk:

When does the city plan to resurface Tujunga Canyon Boulevard from Foothill Boulevard north to Apperson Street? There are numerous potholes, bumps and cracks.

--Gwen Bright

Tujunga

Dear Gwen:

The city plans to resurface that portion of Tujunga sometime before next June, said Reed at the city Department of Public Works.