When will 60 Freeway bridge construction in Chino be done?

QSandy Keser of Chino asked when the ongoing construction work on the bridges on the 60 Freeway in Chino will be completed. Keser noted it’s been three years since the work began.

AOur reader is referring to the State Route 60 Bridge Replacement Project and pavement rehabilitation project that began in summer 2019. Caltrans is replacing the Pipeline Avenue, Monte Vista Avenue and Benson Avenue bridges. This work, along with the 60 pavement rehabilitation project along the 60 throughout the Inland Empire, and two other local interchange projects, has been dubbed the “60 Swarm.” The $23 million bridge project will see the replacement of the three bridges to bring them up to state standards by raising their vertical clearance and adding one lane in each direction. More information on the project: https://www.60swarm. com/bridge-replacement/

The quick answer to the question: very soon. The project was initially expected to be completed in fall 2021, weather permitting.

“The current construction completion date estimate would be in May/ June 2022,” said Caltrans District 8 spokeswoman Kimberly M.

Cherry. “This is the timeframe that Caltrans will officially relieve the contractor from maintenance within the project zone and we take it back under our general maintenance.”

Cherry also noted that things can change. “As you know, construction is dynamic and schedules can change due to weather, temperatures and materials available.”

QJudie Appleton asked about the road sign located at the intersection of California Street and Redlands Boulevard between Redlands and Loma Linda. “When you are going north on California and come to Redlands Boulevard, there is a sign that says ‘no right turn’ yet there are two right turn lanes. I believe it should have another sign that says ‘no right turn on red’ but it doesn’t.”

AWe sent this question over to the city of Redlands and heard back from the city’s engineering division, through city spokesman Carl Baker. Baker said the “no right turn” sign to which our reader is referring is attached to a pole directly underneath another sign that says “semis over 38 feet kingpin to rear axle” and shows a large truck with a diagonal red line going through it. These two signs are to be combined to prohibit right turns for trucks over a certain length, Baker explained. Cars and smaller trucks or pickups may turn right at this intersection.

Finally, a couple of weeks ago we discussed a letter in On the Road from reader Leslie Nagby of Riverside, who asked how to get more police enforcement against drivers who run stop signs in her neighborhood. Another of our readers, Greg Persall of Beaumont, shared with us an interesting observation that worked in another city to solve this problem.

Stop the roll

In an email, Persall said that several years ago, the city of Modesto had problems with local motorists rolling through a few stop signs. The city of Modesto responded by putting an additional stop sign below the original stop sign, thereby having two stop signs on the same post. “The problem — and the motorists — stopped,” said Persall, who years ago attended the police academy in Modesto and is a retired Riverside County sheriff’s deputy. This strategy might be something for our local municipalities to consider. parking permit for downtown employees who earn less than $18 per hour.

Still, Brown, who manages a building at 10th and Orange streets with 20 tenants, said raising the longterm parking rate to $400 per month “kind of blows your mind.”

“To me, that is not business friendly,” she said. “It’s too much. lt’s way too much.”

Brown said the timing is unfortunate.

“COVID hurt everybody down here, and now parking is taking another stab at the small businesses,” she said.

The city kept rates “as low as possible since 2010,” Pitchford wrote, making minor changes in 2017, and the new fees are in line with what is charged elsewhere in the area.

People with valid disabled-person placards will be able to park for free at metered parking spaces, he said.

Pitchford added that the city will validate parking tickets for people who park in Garage 6 to attend City Council meetings.