Officials Monday announced the planned lifting of “several significant road closures” by 5 p.m. in the mountain communities north of Castaic affected by last week’s mudslides.
“A coordinated response by county fire, sheriff and public works departments, and the California Highway Patrol provided limited access to local residents, but the full reopening of the roads comes well ahead of original forecasts,” said Kerjon Lee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
An estimated 200,000 cubic yards of mud and debris flowed during the Oct. 15 storm, Lee said.
The following county roads are scheduled to reopen today:
— Elizabeth Lake Road from Godde Hill to Lake Hughes roads;
— Godde Hill Road from the Palmdale city limit to Elizabeth Lake Road;
— San Francisquito Canyon Road from Elizabeth Lake to Dry Gulch roads;
— Bouquet Canyon Road from Elizabeth Lake Road to an area north of Vasquez Canyon Road; and
— Spunky Canyon Road from San Francisquito Canyon to Bouquet Canyon roads.
County crews will continue their efforts to reopen Munz Ranch Road between Elizabeth Lake and Lancaster roads, and Lake Hughes Road from Elizabeth Lake to Dry Gulch roads.
More information is available at DWPcare.org or on Twitter @LAPublicWorks.
—City News Service