Thurston Park residents: Beware of road work while bridge is replaced
Beginning Sept. 26, drivers in Laguna Canyon’s Sarah Thurston Park neighborhood will have to use another route to get to their homes while crews begin a months-long project to remove a deteroriating bridge that connects Laguna Canyon Road with Milligan Drive.
Temporary access to the neighborhood will be provided through a vacant lot at 113 Canyon Acres Drive from Laguna Canyon Road, according to a news release. Working hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays.
The current bridge, made of wood with an asphalt overlay, will be replaced with a bridge of reinforced concrete and steel measuring 23 feet long and 16 feet wide, project manager Tri Nguyen wrote in an email.
Property owners in the surrounding area paid $321,275 toward the project’s $645,000 price tag, with the city footing the remaining cost for design and construction, Nguyen said.
The bridge is within a California Department of Transportation right-of-way, thus staff from the city and the state agency will discuss responsibilities for future maintenance of the bridge, Nguyen said.
The city has notified affected residents by mail of the upcoming work. The project is scheduled to be completed in January.
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