http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213 Q: Can you tell me who is responsible for maintaining Mall View Road between Mount Vernon Avenue and Fashion Place? It seems it was poorly designed from the start, going from two lanes to one and then back to two. Now with all the fast food places there and the center lane paint nearly gone it's dangerous. Now with the proposed expansion that&rsquo;s going to be built, it will only get worse. Do you know if plans are in the works to make it two lanes all the way through to the East Hills Mall? Thank You. &mdash; Harvey Boyles A:&nbsp; According to the city of Bakersfield the section of Mall View Road that runs through the shops and restaurants between Mount Vernon Avenue and Fashion Place is privately owned and maintained. The developers are the ones that proposed the alignment, said planners Jim Eggert and Marc Gauthier. A city traffic engineer looked at the route to see how it would impact city streets. Q: Can you tell me who is responsible for maintaining Mall View Road between Mount Vernon Avenue and Fashion Place? It seems it was poorly designed from the start, going from two lanes to one and then back to two. Now with all the fast food places there and the center lane paint nearly gone it's dangerous. Now with the proposed expansion that&rsquo;s going to be built, it will only get worse. Do you know if plans are in the works to make it two lanes all the way through to the East Hills Mall? Thank You. &mdash; Harvey Boyles A:&nbsp; According to the city of Bakersfield the section of Mall View Road that runs through the shops and restaurants between Mount Vernon Avenue and Fashion Place is privately owned and maintained. The developers are the ones that proposed the alignment, said planners Jim Eggert and Marc Gauthier. A city traffic engineer looked at the route to see how it would impact city streets. en-us <p>&nbsp;That road was pooooooorly planned....they just didn't realized the amount of traffic that would go through there, did they?</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227466 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227466 <p>&nbsp;That road was pooooooorly planned....they just didn't realized the amount of traffic that would go through there, did they?</p> <p>&nbsp;It wasn't a plan, it was just another short sighted capitulation to developer interests.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227486 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227486 <p>&nbsp;It wasn't a plan, it was just another short sighted capitulation to developer interests.</p> <br /> <p> If it is privately owned (designed and maintained), wouldn't that make them liable for any damages from accident <u>caused</u> by the poor planning?</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227562 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227562 <p> If it is privately owned (designed and maintained), wouldn't that make them liable for any damages from accident <u>caused</u> by the poor planning?</p> <p>&nbsp;Go to Del Taco and then try to turn left headed to Walmart.&nbsp; And good luck.&nbsp; That's got to be the worst cluster(nevermind) I've ever seen.&nbsp; It's a nightmare.&nbsp; You're much better off going down to the next light and going in the back way.&nbsp; I just keep forgetting to do it.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227588 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/25213/#c_227588 <p>&nbsp;Go to Del Taco and then try to turn left headed to Walmart.&nbsp; And good luck.&nbsp; That's got to be the worst cluster(nevermind) I've ever seen.&nbsp; It's a nightmare.&nbsp; You're much better off going down to the next light and going in the back way.&nbsp; I just keep forgetting to do it.&nbsp;</p>