GAS CO. PIPELINE PROJECT FUELS ROAD RAGE BOTTLENECK SET TO BE CLEARED IN JANUARY.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - A new gas line being installed in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. is fueling more than one motorist's rush hour rage. Complaints about traffic snarls along San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , where a 5-mile-long stretch of outdated pipe is being replaced by the Gas Co., have prompted city officials to require the utility to pay overtime for a sheriff's deputy for traffic and temper control. ``The permits specified that crews work at night when they were in Old Town Newhall,'' said sheriff's Sgt. Byron Wainie. ``But once they got out of that area, they went back to day shifts.'' The biggest problem is where crews are working on San Fernando Road, alongside the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. River's South Fork South Fork may refer to:
``The pipe has to cross the street and go on the other side, so traffic is down to one lane on each side,'' Wainie said. Wainie said the major impact hits during morning rush hour when motorists have little patience for common courtesy. Some have resorted to shouting at him to direct traffic instead of watching cars going by. ``If I wave them through the light, it just gets worse at the next intersection,'' he said. ``We're more productive in a preventive mode. But when we're not there, it's like NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. . They jam in and cut in front of other cars. It's a big mess, but all we can do is let it run its course.'' Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. inspector Bernie Bugarian said having deputies on-site to keep the peace is normal on a project of this magnitude. ``We've received a couple of colorful calls where the people told me about the traffic,'' Bugarian said. The next step in the project is to pave San Fernando Road to Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. Drive, which workers will start next week. ``With any luck, we should be off San Fernando Road by the end of January,'' Bugarian said, acknowledging that delays will bedevil drivers through the upcoming holidays. The project involves installing 80-foot-long sections of 32-inch-diameter pipe from Newhall into Valencia, along San Fernando Road and Magic Mountain Parkway. Once the new gas line is in, the old line on McBean Parkway will be capped before it is abandoned. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Gas pipeline installation that's narrowed San Fernando Road in Newhall is causing many motorists to lose their cool on streets that are already overburdened with traffic. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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