Mayor Kevin Faulconer and city council president pro tem Sherri Lightner have announced their support for a community-driven solution to end the controversial plan to build a bridge through Rose Canyon.
On Monday, Sept. 29, City Council is scheduled to vote on studying the removal of the Regents Road Bridge project from the University Community Plan. Doing so is designed to help city planners focus on alternative solutions to ensure south University City is more accessible to emergency first responders. Building one or more fire stations south of Rose Canyon is one of the options that will be explored.
“Next week’s action by the city council is the first step needed to bring the University Community Plan into the 21st century,” Lightner said. “This community will benefit from added public safety and community facilities, all while preserving the picturesque Rose Canyon Open Space Park and protecting South University City neighborhoods from unacceptable traffic congestion.”
The question of whether or not to build the Regents Road Bridge through the canyon that separates north and south University City has prompted considerable controversy and environmental concerns over the last two decades.