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March 21, 2011
G STREET DOWNTOWN BEING CONVERTED TO A ONE-WAY STREET
Conversion part of the San Diego Quiet Zone project
SAN DIEGO – Starting this Wednesday, March 23, G Street between Pacific Highway and Union Street will begin to be converted to a one-way street.
The conversion is part of the San Diego Quiet Zone project, which is designed to improve safety at 13 railway crossings (from Laurel Street to Park Boulevard) throughout downtown and eliminate the requirement for trains to blare their horns late at night – a significant impact to residents, businesses and hotel visitors. Other Quiet Zone safety improvements include additional gates, medians, traffic signals as well as state-of-the-art railroad signaling to alert pedestrians and motorists about oncoming trains. The Quiet Zone is targeted for completion early next year.
The decision to convert this portion of G Street to a one-way street is due to the fact that the trolley and railroad tracks cut diagonally through the intersection. Because of that unique geometry, pedestrians and vehicles can cross the intersection from multiple angles so adding medians or installing additional gates would not provide enough safety measures.
G Street is already a one-way street from Front Street to State Route 94, so the conversion is expected to have limited long-term negative impacts on traffic in the area. In addition, angled parking will be installed along that section of road, resulting in an increase of 10 additional public parking spaces.
The work on the six-block conversion will be completed in two-block intervals starting at Union Street and moving west. The work, which will be done March 23 to April 1, could result in temporary traffic delays in the area.
For further information about this project and possible traffic delays, visit paradiseinprogress.org, a website that provides construction, event and traffic updates for downtown San Diego.
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