Drivers on East Hillsdale Boulevard in Foster City turn onto Edgewater Boulevard to avoid long waits in traffic.
Starting next week, motorists taking a short cut through Foster City to avoid gridlock on Highway 101 and state State Route 92 will find it less convenient.
Left turns and U-turns from eastbound East Hillsdale Boulevard onto Edgewater Boulevard and onto Shell Boulevard will be prohibited from 4 p.m. to 7 pm., Monday to Friday, city officials announced Monday.
The measures, which take effect Feb. 11, are part of a three-month traffic-relief pilot program approved in December by the City Council, aimed to reduce an influx of traffic during peak commute hours.
Contributing to the congestion are the rising popularity of navigation apps, such as Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Waze, which direct regional commuters from the surrounding highways onto Foster City streets in order to save a few minutes, city officials said.
Several factors that have also led to the traffic gridlock include a severe jobs and housing imbalance on the Peninsula and Foster City’s location at the crossroads between where jobs are located and housing in the East Bay, according to city officials.
Visit fostercity.org/publicworks/page/traffic-relief-pilot-program-5 for more information on the traffic relief pilot program.
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(2) comments
Goof luck wit that!! 😳😳
Do the same thing for south bound Norfolk at 3rd...no left turn during commute hours
Static sign to dynamic sign (flashing red LEDs), or better yet....a camera that will send the ticket via postal
Betcha the fines will pay for the signage and over time...teach those drivers it isn't worth cutting through our neighborhoods to short cut those staying on 101
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