This letter may be a bit late but there is still a chance for some hot weather this fall, bringing out hordes of beach visitors. With such a condition, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday the westbound traffic backs up two to three miles westbound at Cross Creek Road. It takes people living in Eastern Malibu 30 to 45 minutes to get to Cross Creek depending on where they start. I believe this is because of a very short green light westbound at Cross Creek. I timed it last month and the green westbound lasted 60 seconds, not nearly long enough to accommodate the flow of traffic. Meanwhile six cars and a few pedestrians crossed PCH while thousands of motorists waited on PCH. Once Cross Creek is passed the traffic flow speeds up. There may be other lights contributing to this paralysis, but without studying this to death, the city and Caltrans, how about performing a quick fix and increasing the green light time at Cross Creek, the Pier and McDonalds to at least two minutes? As a 49-year resident of Malibu, I have never seen as bad as this past summer.
Rich Davis