CALABASAS ROAD PROJECT NEARLY A WRAP.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer After more than a year of lane closures and traffic headaches for motorists, the Motion Picture & Television Fund's $2 million street improvement project will be finished today, officials say. ``Can you believe it?'' said Ed Malinowski, director of facilities development for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which was required by the city to make the improvements as part of an expansion project. ``We're actually opening all lanes.'' The project included widening, repaving, adding bike and traffic lanes, and putting in trees, retaining walls, gutters and lights. It stretched from Valmar Road at the south end of the property to the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. and Calabasas Road, which endured the last phase of construction set to be finished today. This is good news for Bob McCord Bob McCord (born March 20, 1934 in Matheson, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 316 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins. , owner of the Sagebrush sagebrush, name for several species of Artemisia, deciduous shrubs of the family Asteraceae (aster family), particularly abundant in arid regions of W North America. The common sagebrush (A. Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] onCalabasas Road. McCord said the construction has put a heavy burden on traffic in an area already stressed by the Valley Circle exit from the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. . ``We've been very sensitive to their frustrations,'' Malinowski said of upset motorists. ``We tried hard to minimize the impact.'' The project was initially projected to take about nine months, but problems with getting approvals pushed the project to more than a year, he said. Just a few minor repairs remain, such as restriping and adding trees, but they should be completed by the end of the month, Malinowski said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Drivers feel the pinch of a street construction project on Mulholland Drive near Calabasas Road in Woodland Hills. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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