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Several streets in Arcadia have misleading signs saying "Not a Through Street" despite the fact that they are not dead ends or cul-de-sacs. Public Works Director, Chester Howard, explained that the signs were put up in response to residents who wanted to protect their neighborhoods from too much traffic.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3277AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Posted speed limits on most of Arcadia's main streets will be raised, making the speeds more realistic according to prevailing road conditions and travel patterns.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3409AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article, with map, about public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets on a temporary basis.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3275AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General items regarding streets.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1931 p. 1 (ranch roads thru Baldwin estate open); July 27, 1947 p. 1 (17 new streets proposed); August 4,1952 p. 1 (improvement plans); August 22, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); March 31, 1967 p. 1 (widening streets throughout city)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1931 p. 1 (ranch roads thru Baldwin estate open); July 27, 1947 p. 1 (17 new streets proposed); August 4,1952 p. 1 (improvement plans); August 22, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); March 31, 1967 p. 1 (widening streets throughout city)

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 4267AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Joseph Lopez, Arcadia's new Director of Public Works, has 28 years of public works experience.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Employees - Lopez, Joseph

Item ID: 1157AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A program of sidewalk development will continue. A list of proposed streets is given.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3268AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3285AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3271AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3416AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council reaffirmed its decision to barricade Hillcrest Blvd. near Valencia Way. The reasoning is that motorists would then be forced to disperse traffic rather than concentrate usage on one street.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3273AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Wheel chair ramps are now required by state law for all sidewalks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 14, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 14, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3266AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Public Works Department is preparing a new computerized traffic flow system to replace the 20-year-old timed system now in use.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Engineering

Item ID: 3402AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Sandra Street

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1956 p. 1 (opening)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1956 p. 1 (opening)

Subjects: Streets - Sandra

Item ID: 4277AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

From now through 1990, the number of students attending Arcadia schools should drop by 369, according to a 3-year projection developed by Associate Superintendent of Personnel Services, John Sinclair.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Enrollment

Item ID: 2905AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Hugo Reid Drive closure will have its final determination April 14. At present it is a one-way street as a result of fatal accidents some years back.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3269AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Citizens responded negatively to a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to close several streets north of Foothill Boulevard, and to the introduction of an ordinance raising posted speed limits.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3410AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A proposed sidewalk expansion program has drawn public ire at a City Council meeting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 17, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 17, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3265AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A many as 60 of the trees on Orange Grove Ave., the "county road" running from Michillinda Blvd. to Santa Anita Ave., could be endangered by a proposed road-widening project currently under consideration by Arcadia and Sierra Madre. The street would be widened from 30 to 36 ft. since the street is considered too narrow for the trash bins that residents often leave in the road, constituting a hazard.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3286AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Posted speed limits on most of Arcadia's main streets will be raised, making the speeds more realistic according to prevailing road conditions and travel patterns.

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

Article, with map, about public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets on a temporary basis.

General items regarding streets.

Joseph Lopez, Arcadia's new Director of Public Works, has 28 years of public works experience.

A program of sidewalk development will continue. A list of proposed streets is given.

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.

Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

The Arcadia City Council reaffirmed its decision to barricade Hillcrest Blvd. near Valencia Way. The reasoning is that motorists would then be forced to disperse traffic rather than concentrate usage on one street.

Wheel chair ramps are now required by state law for all sidewalks.

Arcadia's Public Works Department is preparing a new computerized traffic flow system to replace the 20-year-old timed system now in use.

Items regarding Sandra Street

From now through 1990, the number of students attending Arcadia schools should drop by 369, according to a 3-year projection developed by Associate Superintendent of Personnel Services, John Sinclair.

The Hugo Reid Drive closure will have its final determination April 14. At present it is a one-way street as a result of fatal accidents some years back.

Citizens responded negatively to a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to close several streets north of Foothill Boulevard, and to the introduction of an ordinance raising posted speed limits.

A proposed sidewalk expansion program has drawn public ire at a City Council meeting.