Carbon Canyon Road Update from CalTrans

CalTrans District 8 has issued some recent updates concerning the major rehabilitation work ongoing on Carbon Canyon Road (State Route 142) from the Orange/San Bernardino counties line to the 71 Freeway.

One is the construction of a retaining wall at the east end of Sleepy Hollow next to the apartments that were recently red-flagged as unsuitable for occupancy.  After cutting into the hill side, rocks encased in steel mesh have been placed there before the finish work is completed to shore up the hillside. Obviously, CalTrans is concerned that water runoff, despite the drainage channel that runs adjacent to that area, has been a potential hazard to the highway.

The latest advisory, issued last night, concerns a change in hours for work being conducted on Carbon Canyon at Feldspar, one of the two entrances into the Summit Ranch community.  This two-day occurrence involves the closure of one of the two lanes of the highway and will be overnight from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting tonight and going through Friday.  The start time is a few hours than was stated for the project as a whole, so those driving through the area the next couple of nights should expect delays.

Otherwise, there have been plastic reflectors as well as signs with arrows placed at curved areas, such as the S-curve at the summit along the state highway as part of the early stages of the project.  More major updates will be posted as they are issued.