TAC recommends lower Alturas Road speed limit

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

The county's Traffic Advisory Committee has recommended that the speed limit on Alturas Road south of Fallbrook Street be lowered to 30 mph.

A unanimous TAC vote Oct. 22 recommended that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors reduce the current 35 mph speed limit due to an accident rate more than four times the statewide average for similar roads. The county supervisors are scheduled to hear the speed limit issue March 2.

"We can easily justify the 30 miles per hour," said county traffic engineer Zoubir Ouadah.

In order for a speed limit to be enforceable by...