Corral Traffic Signal Scheduled to Start Operating This Week

• Lights Long Sought by Residents

BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN

The City of Malibu announced this week that the traffic signal at Corral Canyon and PCH is expected to be fully operational on Thursday, April 23. The lights are already in place, and the remaining roadwork is in the process of being completed.
The Corral Canyon signal was the city council’s “number one priority when it approved the Pacific Coast Highway Turn Improvement Feasibility Study in September 2004.”
According to a municipal press release, Corral Canyon residents have campaigned for a traffic light at the location, which has been the site of numerous accidents, for years.
However, the request was complicated by the Caltrans permitting process, which has a complicated criteria for signal warrents, as well as what the city describes as “numerous project challenges related to site design and permitting, contract negotiations and budget crisis.”
Not everyone supported the light plan. A petition opposing the plan was circulated that gathered around 90 signatures.
Supporters of the light said it is difficult for residents of Corral and Latigo canyons to safely turn left across PCH. They hope the new signal will change that.
“We have our light at last,” one delighted Corral resident told the Malibu Surfside News.