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Susana Barrios
From: Trisha Nord <
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2024 12:47 PM
To: Ashleigh Aitken <AAitken@anaheim.net>; Natalie Meeks <NMeeks@anaheim.net>; Rafael Cobian
<RCobian@anaheim.net>; Armin Kheirmand <AKheirmand@anaheim.net>; Rudy Emami <REmami@anaheim.net>;
Cesar Morales <CMorales2@anaheim.net>
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Traffic
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Hello City Council members,
I have lived in Anaheim since 1995 off Santa Ana Canyon and Fairmont.
I am very concerned about the traffic situation as it is NOW not even considering the proposed
projects. When we had the Blue Ridge fire in 2020, I was at Home Depot in Savi Ranch. It came so quick
that when I drove home, the underpass brush had caught fire and the corner of Weir Canyon and Santa
Ana Canyon was in flames. The smoke was so thick I could hardly breathe. It took me 55 minutes to try to
get back home. It is 2.9 miles and a 10 minute drive.
Several months ago, my sister in law came to visit for the day. She left to go home to Corona at approx.
3:30pm. There was an accident on the 91 freeway (as usual) but Santa Ana Canyon was at a complete
stop because people were exiting all the way back to Lincoln to try to get off the freeway. She
finally made it to Islands Restaurant, to try to turn around and come back. That took another 35 minute
to turn through the parking lot and come back to SAC Rd.
Last Friday I went to Vons on Imperial and SAC Rd. It took 45 minutes for me to get back home. No traffic
accident on the freeway but assuming residents wanted to watch the Dodger game.
These are only a few incidents that are very frustrating. There are many more. I have tried to shop or go
places around traffic times but now it seems that all hours are heavy traffic times.
Please, please consider evacuation when you vote on the Deer Canyon project. These same 1500 cars (
average household 2+ cars) will be using the same roads that even now have been difficult to drive.
Thank you,
Patricia Nord
Anaheim, CA 92807
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