Traffic Engineering Contacts
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Adopt-A-Road: The County of San Diego Adopt-A-Road program was established in 1994 to allow non-political organizations, corporations, groups and individuals to participate in maintaining and enhancing San Diego County’s roadsides. Participants agree to pick up litter from a section of roadside for two years. In exchange for their work, the Department of Public Works provides free trash bags and two courtesy signs designating each work site. The program is designed to promote civic responsibility, community spirit and camaraderie and to provide an opportunity to accomplish something worthwhile. | Senai Melake | |
Traffic and Operational Improvements and Residential Traffic Programs: Programs designed to address the motoring public's concerns about potential safety hazards on County maintained roads. Our Service Request Team of Traffic Engineers and Technicians are available to discuss your concerns, perform field reviews, analyze traffic data, and propose short, medium, and long-term solutions with you in a comprehensive, coordinated effort. Click the link below to reach the Service Request Team: | Barra Manaseer | |
| Special
Event Permits: The temporary using or closing of
a portion of a County maintained road for a parade, block
party, run, bicycle ride, or other special event requires a
Special Event Permit which may have special conditions as to
how the permitted activity will be conducted. The permit is
issued for activities which are for the benefit of the
community and are in the public interest. An event may require
insurance on behalf of the event sponsor providing coverage to
the County of San Diego as additionally insured.
Click here for the Special Events Permit Application | Danilo Mappala | |
| Street Name Signs: For the benefit and safety of the motoring public and to assist emergency vehicles, the County of San Diego Department of Public Works installs and maintains street name signs at the intersection of public roads. In addition, the Board of Supervisors Policy J-4 allows citizens to purchase a street name sign where an officially named private street joins a County maintained street. These signs are installed and maintained by the County. (This policy does not support the installation of a street name sign required by a Parcel or Subdivision Map.) | Senai Melake | |
| Traffic
Advisory Committee (TAC): The San Diego County
Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC) meets approximately every two
months to review requests for regulatory controls on the
County-maintained road system. Types of regulatory controls
considered by the TAC include: Stop and Yield signs, Speed
Limits, Traffic Signals, No Parking zones, Time Limit Parking,
Weight Limitations, and Angle Parking. After reviewing a
request, the TAC submits a recommendation to the Board of
Supervisors as to what action it believes to be most
appropriate and consistent with driver expectation. The Board
of Supervisors then makes the final decision. Before you
submit a written request to the TAC, it is recommended that
you contact TAC staff to discuss your concern. Click Here for the TAC Agenda | Ben Baker | |
| Traffic
Control Permit: When construction interrupts the
normal function of a roadway, temporary traffic control is
necessary to avoid confusion and to ensure the smooth passage
of traffic. It is the responsibility of those performing work
on or adjacent to a public road in the unincorporated area of
the County to install and maintain appropriate traffic control
in accordance with an approved traffic control plan. An
approved traffic control plan is necessary to provide the
motoring public safe passage through the construction zone, as
well as to safeguard construction workers. The Traffic
Engineering office should be contacted prior to the start of
work on a County-maintained roadway or in the County
right-of-way to determine if a traffic control permit is
necessary and to start the process.
Click Here for a Traffic Control Permit Application | Cherie Cham | |
| Traffic Signals: The Department of
Public works maintains Traffic Signals in the unincorporated
area of the County of San Diego. Traffic Signals are
programmed to change depending on the volume of traffic at the
intersection. Requests for new Traffic Signals should be made
to the Operational Traffic Improvement Team (see above).
Please note: California Vehicle Code Section 21800(d)(1)
states that the driver of any vehicle approaching an
intersection which has inoperative traffic control signals
shall stop at the intersection and may proceed with caution
only when it is safe to do so. Report Traffic Light Problems | Michael Kenney |
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