OFFICIALS HOPE TO SPEED UP RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE BIOLOGIST NEEDED TO STUDY BIRD THREAT.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer ACTON - Trying to speed up construction of a bridge to replace one that burned 13 months ago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County officials are considering hiring a biologist to determine if the work will disrupt nesting birds. Environmental regulations prevent construction work starting on a new Aliso Canyon Road bridge before Sept. 15 unless a biologist confirms the area contains no nests, road department spokeswoman True Pawluk said. ``We are working to get it started as soon as possible,'' Pawluk said. Rancho Cordova-based C.C. Myers Inc., the construction firm that rebuilt the Santa Monica Freeway The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , was hired July 26 by county supervisors to build a new bridge on a $1.5 million contract. Road officials hope the bridge can be finished in December, but county documents say it might not be finished until February. Before the construction contract was awarded, a new design had to be drawn up, environmental studies done and the bidding process completed, Pawluk said. Through traffic on Aliso Canyon Road between 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 and Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. has been blocked since July 2004, when the 11,400-acre Crown Fire burned across 12 miles of brush-covered hillside from Acton to the Littlerock Reservoir. The fire destroyed a decades-old wooden bridge by which the Aliso Canyon Road crossed the usually dry upper reaches of the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Los Angeles County is considering hiring a biologist to allay environmental concerns before beginning reconstruction of an Aliso Canyon Road bridge destroyed in a brush fire in July 2004. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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