We must enlarge the on/off ramps on Beaumont Avenue, Highland Springs Avenue and Oak Valley Parkway.
We currently have major traffic congestion on all three of
our on/off ramps in Beaumont. Beaumont Avenue has all the
traffic from Hemet and San Jacinto going into the San Bernardino or Palm Springs areas. As the population grows in those areas the traffic will get worse and as we grow
on the South side of town, the congestion will become a major problem. We need to make plans to increase traffic
volume there immediately.
Highland Springs Avenue is also congested. With the new
Home Depot and Wal-mart being built in that area, the
increased traffic will cause major traffic issues for
both Beaumont and Banning citizens living in that area.
We need to find alternative routes into and out of the
new commercial centers. The residents of the Sundance
community will find it very difficult to get in and out of
their community unless we find ways to enlarge Highland
Springs Avenue and the on and off ramps on I-10.
Oak Valley Parkway is currently carrying a reasonable
amount of traffic. There are new developments being built
along both sides of I-10. The new traffic from those developments will begin to
effect the traffic flow on the Parkway very soon. There is
money available from the developers of those projects to
make improvements on the on and off ramps, we need to begin
to make those improvements now.
We must make our infrastructure meet the needs of the citizens of Beaumont, we don't need to have traffic jams
like so many of the other cities in our area.
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