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SOURCE: Caltrans News Release,
February 17, 2009
CALTRANS SCHEDULES
HEARING ON SR-39 REOPENING PROJECT
The California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) will hold a public
hearing Tuesday,
February 24, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. regarding the State Route 39
(SR-39) rehabilitation and
reopening project. The hearing will be held at the city of
Caltrans is in the
preliminary stages of a construction effort that would reopen four
miles of SR-39 connecting to
been closed to public
highway traffic since 1978 when the road sustained extensive
damage as a result of a rock
slide and related erosion. Currently, the road has a limited
passable path for emergency
service vehicles and is very narrow at the northern end of
the closed portion.
The proposed project would
rehabilitate and reopen the highway from approximately
five miles north of the
Crystal Lake Campground to SR-2. The project will repair the
road, but also include
measures to prevent future rock slides, mudslides and other
problems.
Four project alternatives
are under consideration including the “no-build” option, which
means the project would not
go forward. All build alternatives would: overlay asphalt
on the existing roadway
pavement; install rock fall fencing at six locations; replace the
existing damaged retaining
wall at one area; construct retaining walls utilizing steel to
stabilize the embankment;
remove and replace the water-draining area and facilities at
Snow Springs; and replace
damaged steel walls with state-of-the-art retaining walls
utilizing steel at three
locations.
Reopening the four mile
segment of SR-39 is an important part of improving the
access, services, and
response times for the United States Forest Service (USFS), the
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department (LASD), and other emergency service
agencies. Reopening SR-39
also will restore a vital traffic connection between SR-2
and the
Before Caltrans can reopen
SR-39, the project must be environmentally reviewed. This
hearing is a part of that
process and public comment will be recorded in the
environmental documents. The
public is encouraged to attend the hearing and share
comments and/or concerns on
project alternatives before a final design and alternative
is selected.
This project has a dedicated
funding source of State Highway Operation and Protection
Program (SHOPP) funds.
Depending on selection of a design alternative, construction
would begin in winter 2011
and complete by fall 2012. For more information regarding
this project, please contact
Eduardo Aguilar at (213) 897-8492.
[webmaster's note: The Draft Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report is available on the Caltrans Region 7 website (click here). You may submit written comment until March 11, 2009.]
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