CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON LANDSLIDE-PRONE ROAD.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer After months of delays, construction is about to start on the landslide-prone link between Plum Canyon Road and Whites Canyon Road, developers of a 2,500-home project said Monday. Shapell Industries Inc. of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. has started moving equipment to the Plum Canyon site, said project manager Frank Faye. The road is scheduled for completion in six months. ``We're beginning to remobilize our equipment,'' he said. ``Construction should begin imminently.'' City officials said the link would provide a major thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. in the Saugus area and relieve traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. along Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road between Bouquet bouquet a structure resembling a cluster of flowers. Canyon and Whites Canyon roads and between Bouquet Canyon, Seco Canyon and Soledad Canyon roads. ``We're very happy to see it complete because it's a connection we badly need,'' said City Councilwoman Jo Anne Darcy. ``It will save a lot of time and congestion.'' County officials also are looking forward to the completion of the road, which began in 1994. ``We've been after them for quite some time to begin construction,'' said Lynn Nicholson, an assistant deputy director for the county Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
Under a development agreement signed in 1988 between the developer and the county, Shapell is required to extend Plum Canyon Road to Whites Canyon Road to ease traffic flow from the planned development. The road was supposed to have been extended last year but was delayed because sections of soil in the area are unstable. In October 1994, a hillside caved in as workers graded the road. No one was hurt. Since then, developers have continued to work on soil and geology reports for the property, which will feature parks, schools, a fire station and a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion