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LU4 cannot be used there , being a State highway , and noted that time is running out . The locations selected , after survey of entire City , were considered to be those where improvements were most needed for correct flow of traffic . Because of the College and increasing traffic , it was believed necessary to improve traffic flows in that area because of the potential for serious accidents . Councilman Henderson felt there were numerous other areas which have traffic problems , and did not consider Farm Hill Boulevard to have the highest priority . She named intersections at Edgewood Road and Alameda, Whipple and Alameda, and need for improvements in downtown area . Deputy Director of Public Works explained that the Jefferson-Alameda inter- section was included as part of the over-all Alameda plan , and this would be the first stage , and further , this intersection is the only thing definite in that plan , and has been set up as the ultimate design for that intersection . Police Chief indicated that the plans for intersections on Alameda at Edge - wood Road and at Whipple Avenue are a year away , and to include them now in improvement program would be wasteful since the intersection might eventually be by-passed . There was additional discussion concerning funding , and City Manager advised that a change in ground rules had brought about a change in the original intention , which was to accumulate funds over a period of time until there was enough for a substantial project . Now the program required determination by June 1 . Councilman Petersen reported on a meeting he attended of the League of Cities Transportation Committee on April 16 , and this item was the topic of conver- sation . He learned that over a two-year period , the Federal Goverbment had authorized in the neighborhood of $22 million each year to the State of California . Out of this approximately $40 millions , 3 . 5 million dollars was actually approved for expenditure . The Director of Public Works in Los Angeles indicated they had processed and approved 45 requests for use of TOPICS money, but only three were approved, and as of the day of the meeting , no money had been received for those . A resolution was adopted at that meeting to ask the Federal Government to change the TOPICS program , at least in California, to the effect that it be similar , insofar as qualifications and authorization for expenditure, as Gas Tax Funds , so that money can be put to use . He suggested this resolution be referred by Council to the Legislative Committee and brought back for action .