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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4916 By Don Juan Ortega, on October 6th, 2014 The La Pata Gap Closure Project proceeds. While one crew starts road construction in the center of the gap, another crew works to excavate, move and re-bury trash that lies in the path of the roadway. The Register describes this process:
Amid heaps of tires, wine bottles, plastics, wood and other decaying, blackened garbage, excavators [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4398 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 12th, 2014 The La Pata Gap Closure project is underway. Here is our first construction update:
La Pata Gap Connector Phase Begins!
The contractor for the La Pata Extension Project has begun the construction of the La Pata Gap Connector Phase that will extend the existing La Pata Avenue just south of Vista Montana to Calle Saluda [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4350 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 7th, 2014 There is a ton of construction going on in South County right now. For the next few years, South County residents will need to deal with construction on I-5 at Avenida Pico, Ortega Highway and El Toro just for starters. We will also watch as the Rancho Mission Viejo transportation infrastructure is built out over [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4207 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 9th, 2014 The under-resourced and under-staffed Patch is still able to break some local news, such as this story:
Officials overseeing the 241 Toll Road in Orange County said today they have moved to scrap federal environmental reviews of an extension of the major arterial to San Diego County because they have languished for about a decade. [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4178 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 7th, 2014 It’s been a long time coming, but the much anticipated, much needed La Pata Gap Closure project broke ground on April 4th. Below is a picture from the groundbreaking ceremony that was tweeted by various participants and news outlets:
image source: Twitter
There have been signs of progress even before Friday’s groundbreaking. Anyone driving [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4113 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 18th, 2014 The long anticipated La Pata Gap Closure project may break ground early as this month. We’ve previously reported on the OC Board of Supervisors approving the funds and selecting a contractor for the road construction project, and now the dirt will start moving.
According to a recent letter to the community:
In Spring 2014, the [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4040 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 6th, 2014 The OC Public Works Department has scheduled two upcoming open houses for the public to learn more about the La Pata Avenue Gap Closure product and related construction. One open house will be held on either side of “the Gap.” The San Juan Capistrano/Ladera Ranch open house is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, 2014 from [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3708 By Don Juan Ortega, on January 21st, 2014 We previously linked to a Capistrano Unified Trustee’s op-ed in the SJC Patch arguing against the request for rezoning submitted by the developer of a proposed 100-unit Rancho San Juan apartment complex near San Juan Hills High School. That link is here. We described that op-ed as arguing that “the proposed zoning change should be [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3688 By Don Juan Ortega, on January 14th, 2014 Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Jim Reardon has written an op-ed in the San Juan Capistrano Patch articulating why he and his fellow CUSD Trustees unanimously passed a resolution urging the San Juan Capistrano City Council to reject the zoning change application submitted by the developer of a proposed apartment project near San Juan Hills [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3566 By Don Juan Ortega, on December 10th, 2013 The Patch has some of the details here, but the short story is this: the project will take four years and cost $72.7 million. The end result will be a four lane road between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano through the Prima Deshecha Landfill. Sukut Construciton Inc. won the bid, in spite of not [...]
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