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La Verne speed limits to change in March

Mayor Pro Tem Robin Carder makes a motion to approve the consent calendar which includes the addition of a “senior zone” near Hillcrest Senior Center. Council member Donna Redman seconded the motion, decreasing the speed limit from 35 mph to 25. The decision will also increase the speed from 35 mph to 40 on nine streets between Foothill Boulevard and Bonita Avenue. The decision was unanimous among council members Carder, Charlie Rosales, Redman, Mayor Don Kendrick, Tim Hepburn and Robert Kress./ photo by Brooke Grasso
Mayor Pro Tem Robin Carder makes a motion to approve the consent calendar which includes the addition of a “senior zone” near Hillcrest Senior Center. Council member Donna Redman seconded the motion, decreasing the speed limit from 35 mph to 25. The decision will also increase the speed from 35 mph to 40 on nine streets between Foothill Boulevard and Bonita Avenue. The decision was unanimous among council members Carder, Charlie Rosales, Redman, Mayor Don Kendrick, Tim Hepburn and Robert Kress. / photo by Brooke Grasso

The La Verne City Council approved an ordinance to increase speed limits on nine streets Tuesday during its semi-monthly meeting.

The ordinance, approved without discussion, will increase speed limits by five miles per hour on B Street, Damien Avenue, Esperanza Drive, Palomares Avenue, Sedalia Avenue, Towne Center Drive and Yeager Avenue. Additionally the Council put in place a “senior zone” that will require motorists to slow their speed to 25 miles per hour in the areas surrounding Brethren Hillcrest Homes retirement community.

The new speed limits will be effective in March.

The change will cost the city $3,500 according the Agenda Report by Director of Public Works Dan Keesey.

The change comes after a three-month long speed survey covering 59 streets in La Verne.

—Karla Rendon

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