Part 2: Bonita-Sunnyside Residents Have Been Asking For Traffic Relief for Over 24 Years to No Avail
- Susan Heavilin
- Jul 22
- 2 min read
Not only were the Sweetwater Valley Civic Association and Sweetwater Community Planning Group writing letters about the traffic cut-through, so were the residents.
Donna Hodge, one of our community's well-known activists in keeping our "little slice of Heaven" rural, wrote her own letters.
This first letter was written on September 18, 2003 to Chula Vista Mayor Mary Salas with a copy sent to Supervisor Greg Cox.
Donna wrote a second letter on October 12, 2003 to California Highway Patrol Captain Bailey. He was a huge help to the residents and quite involved in the traffic situation.
Thank goodness for Ms. Hodge and other residents who have written letters over the years. We are fortunate in that they work for the common good and not their own private agenda.
This traffic cut-through fiasco has been going on ever since it was discovered by the toll-road avoiders. Each year, it gets worse and worse.
I hate to say it but someone is eventually going to lose their life because of it. I'm hoping that it can be resolved before that happens.
The solution is simple.
Take Chula Vista's San Miguel Ranch Road back to the dead-end street it once was. Sever the connection to Bonita-Sunnyside's Proctor Valley Road and adjacent San Miguel Road. Where you see the word STOP on San Miguel Ranch Road, literally STOP the connection.
If that simple task could be accomplished, Bonita-Sunnyside would be minus 10,000 cut-through cars daily and would return to the quiet rural neighborhood it was meant to be.
Proctor Valley Road, San Miguel Road, Bonita Road, Sweetwater Road and Briarwood Road could return to Bonita-Sunnyside residential use only. Chula Vista's Eastlake district could stop using our residential streets as their shortcut.
Increased noise and safety concerns would be a thing of the past and quality of life would return for Bonita-Sunnyside residents. It's a solution that's worth pursuing.
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