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1934 - Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, replacement for ill-fated St. Francis Dam & reservoir, begins to fill with water [story]
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[KHTS] – With the concrete being poured on the eastbound portion of the SR-126 and Commerce Center Drive Interchange bridge Monday in Castaic, the project is nearing completion.

“The bridge is being constructed in two different stages. We did the westbound first and are going to do the eastbound side today,” said Roy Fisher, Construction Manager for the Los Angeles County Department to Public Works. “The first stage is already completed so they are (working on) the second stage — a bridge is done in two halves. The bottom part is done first and then about a month later they pour the deck, pouring the girders and the bottom slab. We started at 7 a.m. and going to go all day, pouring about 500 cubic yards.”

About 50 cement trucks were used Monday for the pouring of the 500 cubic yards.

“We have quite a few workers, placing concrete, vibrating concrete, people with rakes and shovels to move it around, supervisors watching,” Fisher said.

The project began August 19, 2013 and is expected to be completed summer 2016, he said.
“The main goal of constructing tConstructionhe bridge is that the SR-126 is intersecting with Commerce Center Drive at grade,” Fisher said. “The freeway will go over Commerce Center drive.”

The construction of the new Henry Mayo Drive is being worked on simultaneously with the SR-126 and Commerce Center Drive Work Nears Completion For SR-126 Bridge Construction-3Interchange bridge.

“We started putting down base a road. There are several components to it. Most people just drive on the final layer which in this case would just be asphalt,” Fisher said. “We have different layers — an aggregate base that is compacted. Today, we are putting down more aggregate base. Last week, we poured curb and gutters. We are now pouring depressions for the storm drain.”

 

 

Here are the stages of the construction, according to the L.A. County Public Works website:

Stage 1: SuConstructionmmer 2013 to Summer 2015
Utility relocations, construction of soil cement wall, sound walls, and bridge work.

Stage 2: Fall 2015
Bridge work, open Travel Village Driveway with signal, open new Henry Mayo Drive.

Stage 3: Winter 2015
Widening of State Route 126, construction of ramps, and installation of traffic signals.

Stage 4: Spring 2016
Construction on north side of State Route 126 and Commerce Center Drive.

Stage 5: Summer 2016
Complete construction on State Route 126, installation of overhead signs, electrical work.

Stage 6: Summer 2016
Final paving and striping

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an additional $450,000 for the project Tuesday.

The original contract amount was $35,387,229.10.

A change order was previously approved by a “delegated authority” to add $1Construction,315,834.07 to the budget, officials said. Another $228,788 was approved by the Board of Supervisors.

The request adds funds for roadway excavation to the already $37,381,851.17 contract, according to the agenda. The change in work will compensate the contractor. No additional working days are expected to be required.

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10 Comments

  1. David Kelley David Kelley says:

    Anyone know what the white 4×8 board with the light on it to the right is for?

  2. David Kelley David Kelley says:

    Anyone know what the white 4×8 board with the light on it to the right is for?

  3. Joe says:

    40 million dollars for what. 40,000 people have to pay $1,000 each so traffic flows a little better.

  4. Joe says:

    40 million dollars for what?

  5. Robert Andrew Walters

  6. Lynne Plambeck says:

    This was a $53 million dollar project that just got an additional 450,000 approved by the County. It will also incidently serve the 4060 unit Mission Village tract of Newhall Ranch (directly across the river in an old oil well field), which is probably the main reason it is being built – required for their project. It was paid for by we tax payors of course, with state grants that should have gone to repairing our freeways, not supporting more sprawl. A lot of money was also borrowed from east side bridge and thorough fare distrcts, so when Canyon County traffic gets worse, they will have this project to thank. Newhall didn’t end up paying a dime for this. It really burns me that we subsidize big developers. No small business person would ever get gifts like this.

  7. What is it suppose to be ?

  8. Dan OConnell says:

    The construction timeline of nearly three years seems like a long time for this project. And $40 million seems like a whole lot of money considering that it is all being done just to have 126 traffic avoid one stoplight.

    An article in the March 31 SCVNews.com stated that the project “will also create about 1,600 temporary jobs during the three-year construction period and result in an additional 7,000 permanent jobs at the Commerce Center.” I know economists use a multiplier effect when estimating jobs creation but this project making 7,000 new jobs at the Commerce Center seems like a huge stretch. I would lay bets that there aren’t that many jobs in the whole park right now. I drive thru the 126/Commerce Center intersection nearly every work day but I would estimate few than 100 workers are on this project at any one time. Having been involved in financing commercial real estate projects for several years, I’ve learned to be very skeptical of reports that promise excessive economic growth….they are usually commissioned (or should I say “purchased”) by developers with a divested interest in the project.

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