Long Beach City Council members say they’re tired of how long it takes to install minor traffic safety improvements and fed up with a lack of timely information from the city department responsible for them.
For about 45 minutes at their meeting Tuesday night, the nine-member council took turns expressing their frustrations. They said residents’ requests for new stop signs have gone unfulfilled, questions about speed bumps or crosswalks often go unanswered, and a lack of clear communication from the Public Works Department has vexed residents.
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In one case, District 5 Councilmember Megan Kerr said she’s tried to get answers about certain traffic-calming requests since early 2023.
She wasn’t alone. It’s sometimes taken three years to get information from Public Works, said District 9 Councilmember Joni Ricks-Oddie. Delays like that make “my office sometimes look ineffective because I’m not able to provide answers,” she said…