Crews begin repairs to damaged highway
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Works crews hired by the state Department of Transportation have begun a four-month restoration project along California 150, the winding two-lane road heavily damaged in last year’s floods.
Emergency repairs had been completed along most of the highway, which stretches from Santa Paula through Ojai and on to Carpinteria. But several hundred feet of the highway has been limited
to one lane for nearly a year, with a traffic light at both ends of the single-lane portion regulating traffic. Construction crews will work between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Saturday and plan to get the bulk of the project completed before the winter rainy season, Caltrans spokeswoman Pat Reid said. But the $1.1-million project will not be fully completed until
late January, she said. The highway was first damaged in early 1995 flooding, and was closed for about a year until the temporary repairs were done. The latest project also involves
relocating an electrical tower owned by Southern California Edison. C.A. Rasmussen of Simi Valley will do the work. MORE TO READ