San Vicente Road Project heads into final stretch
Construction crews are working on the final portions of the San Vicente Road Improvement Project, which includes installing the post-and-rope barrier between the pathway and roadway.
Michael Long, the county’s manager of the road project, said asphalt paving has been done during evening and nighttime hours to minimize impacts to traffic. Last week paving was scheduled between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. at driveways and side streets that included Warnock Drive, Chuckwagon and Wildcat Canyon roads, and Deviney Lane. The nighttime work was expected to be finished by Aug. 12.
Rumble strips were scheduled to be added along the centerline of the roadway.
During the week of Aug. 15, crews were scheduled to install final striping of lane lines, including those for the bike lanes on both sides of the road. Also to be installed this week are the ropes between the posts along the roadway to create a visual barrier between drivers and those using the pathway.
The project was anticipated to be completed by the end of July, but experienced some delays.
“Completion and testing of underground utility installations took a couple of weeks longer than expected,” said Long. “Testing and acceptance of all underground installations by each of the utility companies was needed prior to placing the final paving lift.”
Long said the county expects to have the contracted Flatiron construction work completed by Aug. 19.
Over the next several months, he said, there will be intermittent non-county-contracted utility company work that will include pulling cables through Flatiron-contracted conduit installations and downing of power poles.
The project began in September 2014 to improve safety along the roadway, and was estimated to take 18 months.
Included in the $24 million price tag was $2 million for utility relocation and undergrounding, $3.6 million for the Ramona Municipal Water District realignment of its water main in the county right-of-way, and the county’s cost of $18.4 million, funded by TransNet revenue.