County approves plan to improve pedestrian safety in unincorporated communities

County Supervisors voted this week to make improvements for pedestrians at four intersections in the unincorporated communities of La Presa, Spring Valley and Fallbrook, and to make additional improvements at 17 different locations to improve pedestrian safety.

The Department of Public Works maintains nearly 2,000 miles of roadways, bridges, guardrails, signs, traffic signals and crosswalks in the unincorporated area. The county secured grants for both projects from the Highway Safety Improvement Program, a federal aid program to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.

The program allows state...