The city of San Luis Obispo's Public Works Department recently completed a traffic safety investigation of the intersection of Sacramento Drive at Capitolio Way, and determined the intersection would be much safer if the existing two-way stop on Sacramento Drive be changed to a two-way stop on Capitolio Way.

With Sacramento Drive now connected to Orcutt Road, reversing stop control so Capitolio Way will stop instead of Sacramento Drive will provide for better traffic operations, improved sight distance and approximately three additional parking spaces. These changes will be implemented within the next several weeks.

The Public Works Department received requests from businesses in the area to install four-way stop control at this intersection; however, traffic conditions do not currently meet State and Federal criteria for four-way stop control.

This essentially means a four-way stop will likely cause more problems than it would solve, such as stop sign running and rear-end collisions. The Public Works Department will continue to monitor this location as part of the Annual Safety Report. If traffic conditions change such that State and Federal criteria for all-way stop control is met, Public Works will then install an all-way stop.

Within the next several weeks, stop control at the intersection of Sacramento Drive and Capitolio Way will be changed, so Capitolio Way will stop instead of Sacramento Drive.