Roundabouts are one of the city's strategies to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve traffic safety. But the city has built only a fraction of the roundabouts it set out to construct in its Climate Action Plan.
on the edge of Balboa Park. City spokeswoman Anna Vacchi said the current timeline would have it installed in"late August through September."
The difference in cost is dramatic: Materials for the temporary roundabout cost roughly $200,000 and can be installed in-house by city employees rather than outside contractors. Vacchi said the materials were donated to the city by the Federal Highway Administration, which is studying their effectiveness.
Jesse O'Sullivan, policy counsel for the nonprofit think tank Circulate San Diego, said the city should be doing more of those temporary projects. "A quick-build project is a great way to show the community exactly what the benefits of these streetscape improvements are," O'Sullivan said.
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