Our Stupid Street

November 3, 2007

It's good to hear that Mammoth is about to do something about our big, stupid street. That would be Meridian Blvd., which isn't a "boulevard" in any real sense except that it's lined with trees.

Meridian, which runs from Old Mammoth Road up to Chair 15. is more like a runway. It has four traffic lanes, no sidewalks to speak of except up by the golf course, and it has a preposterous traffic light at Minaret Rd. It's a boulevard in the same sense that U.S. Hwy. 395 is a boulevard.

Meridian has a 40 miles-an-hour speed limit and no sidewalks, so the moms with their strollers, the dogs with their humans and the pedestrians with their sneaks have to dodge drivers who are often generous in their interpretation of 40 miles an hour.

In 2009, though, sanity might make a stand, right there at the corner of Meridian and Minaret.

The traffic light is going to the intersection of Sierra Park and Lower Meridian, near the High School.

A roundabout will replace the light.

Sidewalks will be installed.

The road will be narrowed from 64 feet to 45 feet. Under the scheme, there will be just two lanes of traffic and a center turn lane.

Omigod! Meridian is about to become a boulevard!

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