Council to consider road improvements

San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
“I would be very happy if Phase I begins,” said Morgan Mallory, a
Leucadia 101 MainStreet Association board member. Kathleen Lees,
secretary for the …

ENCINITAS: Long-awaited traf-fic and road improvements should be coming to Leucadia soon.

The Encinitas City Council will consider on Wednesday whether to award a $2 million contract to San Diego-based 3-D Enterprises to build roundabouts at Hermes and Hymettus avenues and wider turn lanes on Leucadia Boulevard at Vulcan Avenue. The work is expected to take six months.

That would be the first phase of a package of improvements Leucadians have requested for at least a decade.

The second, and last, phase would wait until 2012-13 because of budget constraints. That includes a roundabout at Hygeia Avenue and sidewalks on Leucadia Boulevard.

But leaders said they are glad something is being done.

“I would be very happy if Phase I begins,” said Morgan Mallory, a Leucadia 101 M
ainStreet Association board member.

Kathleen Lees, secretary for the Leucadia Town Council, said she understands the city cannot afford more right now.

“If that’s what we can get, we are perfectly happy with it.” –A.L.

Conference offers training for activists

OCEANSIDE: A training session for activists involved in peace, immigration and other social movements will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today in the Retreat Center at Mission San Luis Rey.

The conference will involve role-playing and audience participation and focus on nonviolent means of achieving social change.

Sponsors include Coalition for Peace, Justice and Dignity; American Friends Service Committee; Palomar College’s Chicano Studies department and its MEChA club; the retreat center; Border Angels; North County Forum; Justice Overcoming Boundaries; and Ecumenical Migrant Outreach.

The cost is $8 per person, $5 for students. Lunch is included. –L.S.