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Article: San Leandro may take 'semi-roundabout' approach to traffic woes
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 25, 2009
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SAN LEANDRO -- A four-way intersection on San Leandro's northern
border with Oakland provides plenty of traffic headaches, city
resident Brenda Salgado said.
In fact, there were 16 collisions at the convergence of San
Leandro Boulevard at West Broadmoor Boulevard, and Apricot and Park
streets -- good for a No. 5 ranking among 12 locations examined in a
2004 city study of intersections with high collision rates.
That's why traffic safety is among the top concerns for Salgado
and residents in the 600 homes known as the Farrelly Pond
neighborhood of north San Leandro.
"Myself and other neighbors have been waiting at this
intersection and found an opening to turn, only to have someone come
down ...