San Diego OKs ‘Urgency’ Law Around Broadband Infrastructure
With the goal of boosting high-speed Internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego loosened its rules Tuesday that govern how communications companies can install new infrastructure.
April 28, 2021 • (TNS) Aiming to boost high-speed internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego loosened its rules Tuesday that govern how communications companies install new infrastructure.
The changes will shrink the timeline for getting projects approved from the usual four to six months down to between 30 and 45 days.
City officials said communications infrastructure must be deployed rapidly to avoid outages and problems for San Diegans who depend on the internet for telecommuting, telehealth, distance learning and other crucial activities.
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The city of San Diego has agreed to a La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board recommendation to replace signs at various intersections along Hillside Drive in La Jolla prohibiting trucks over 5 tons and 26 feet from front to rear axle to prevent them from getting stuck.
In one of several updates the traffic board heard at its April 21 meeting, La Jolla Community Planning Association President Diane Kane said city traffic engineer Gary Pence told her the city will install the signs after her meeting with him to explain “what types of signs would be helpful and where they should go.”
Kane had requested in February that T&T recommend new signage, citing several instances of large trucks becoming stuck as they turned from Torrey Pines Road onto Hillside Drive or from Hillside to Torrey Pines.