MALIBU—The city of Malibu completed its Pacific Coast Highway Signal Synchronization Project. It is the city’s most significant project in its history to improve traffic flow, congestion and safety on PCH.
By synchronizing 12 traffic signals between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and John Tyler Drive, Caltrans can now adjust signal timing in real time, reducing speeding, traffic flow, and making the roadway safer for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians along PCH.
There will be a ribbon cutting celebration on Wednesday, February 4 at 10 a.m. at PCH and Webb Way (Triangle Lot).
Mid-block sensors will enable Caltrans to monitor traffic flow and speed, then remotely adjust signal timing in the moment.
The use of state-of-the art technology and synchronization of the traffic signals will make PCH a “Smart Corridor.”
Approved by the City Council at its Regular meeting on May 8, 2017, the PCH Signal Systems Improvements Project is a major step toward achieving the top priority of the City’s PCH Safety Study.
The Signal Systems Improvements Project will consist of new communication links, changeable message signs, closed-circuit television cameras, traffic loops.
Parking available at 23835 Civic Center Way, just north of Webb Way
For more information about the project, visit MalibuCity.org/780/PCH-Signal-Synchronization.
By Danny Jones