Ortega Highway Construction

Stelis · Biker Joined: 27-Sep-2006 Posts: 158 Location: Menifee, CA

If you haven't ridden Ortega Highway yet, or not in a long time, this is your last chance to enjoy it.

Starting this Tuesday, CalTrans will be doing construction on a 3.3 mile stretch running from the San Juan Creek Bridge to the Orange County & Riverside County line. The construction will continue until 2010.

Traffic will be closed from 8:30pm to 4:30am.

Outside of those times, traffic will move in only one direction, depending on the time of day.

Here's a link to an article about this in the OC Register...
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1581795.php

JR73 · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:12 am Post subject: Re: Ortega Highway Construction

I heard that they were only adding 4", that's right, inches to the roadway so that it qualifies for federal funding. And I guess they are adding a few barriers, signs and cleaning up brush. We'll see what it looks like in a couple years cause i'm staying off it till then. JR

Stelis · Biker Joined: 27-Sep-2006 Posts: 158 Location: Menifee, CA

JR73 wrote:

I heard that they were only adding 4", that's right, inches to the roadway so that it qualifies for federal funding. And I guess they are adding a few barriers, signs and cleaning up brush. We'll see what it looks like in a couple years cause i'm staying off it till then. JR

Don't stay off of it completely. Hells Kitchen could be really hurt by this. I know the guy who runs it, and am trying help him out by spreading the word.

kingpin · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Ortega Highway Construction

I took my "cage" thru Ortega Hwy. today (Thur). It was approx. 11 a.m. I sailed past Hell's Kitchen, with no delays. After entering O.C. there was a one min. delay while a Cal Tran's car lead traffic going towards Lake Elsinore, and we waited our turn. On the way home from O.C., I decided to take Ortega Hwy, again. It was now 6:30 p.m. and raining. Still, the delay was only 2 min. before traffic was allowed to pass. Traffic typically goes between 40 - 50 m.p.h. on Ortega Hwy. Today, it went from 25-30 m.p.h. so it was a bit slower, but not that much. And yes, there were lots of cars but no true delays. Personally, I think all the controversy is a NON ISSUE.
KingPin

Relic · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Ortega Highway Construction

Damn! I really miss SoCal. Ortega, PCH, Malibu Canyon, Mulholland. Shit, I'm moving back...anybody have a job for me? Wink

Ledhed · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Ortega Highway Construction

I see a newbie!!! Welcome to Kingpin.