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Staff and Calimesa update County Line Road work; repaving scheduled for October–November
Summary
City and Calimesa staff updated the council on multiple utility projects and grant-funded intersection work on County Line Road, and said street repaving from Bryant to Kalamazoo Boulevard is scheduled for mid-October through November 2025.
City staff and representatives from the City of Calimesa briefed the Yucaipa City Council on Sept. 8 on the status of the County Line Road corridor improvements, utility relocations and an upcoming repaving contract.
Assistant City Engineer Landon Kern summarized the corridor: multiple utility projects, roundabout and intersection work funded by a Local Partnership Program (LPP) grant and earlier MSRC and ATP grants have been staged across overlapping contracts. Kern said the LPP award — roughly $3.8 million awarded to Calimesa with Yucaipa participation — funded key intersection improvements but required the cities to meet grant deadlines, which complicated scheduling for concurrent utility work.
Will Cobo, City Manager for the City of Calimesa, told the council the effort has been “challenge after challenge” with coordination among many agencies and contractors. Cobo cautioned against a public perception that cities can unilaterally stop utility work, saying there is "a misperception out there that cities have this unilateral power to just do whatever they want...and that's not...the case." Calimesa City Engineer Mike Thornton described separately funded drainage and intersection projects, including a basin and channel to address local flooding funded by Riverside County Flood Control and a separate intersection project supported by a congressional earmark.
Kern said the city awarded a repaving contract (Madich) as part of the annual pavement program; work on County Line Road from Bryant Street to Kalamazoo Boulevard is scheduled to begin in mid-October and is expected to continue through November. Staff noted the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency project — a separate water-line rehabilitation — was rebid and is now expected to occur after the repaving, and staff will coordinate trenching and repaving to minimize impacts and conform with city standards.
Staff emphasized the city’s pavement moratorium standards: when utilities cut into newly repaved streets the city requires stricter restoration or, in some cases, full-street repaving for a longer segment according to a five-year moratorium policy. Kern and Calimesa representatives said the transportation and utility work has been complex because County Line Road serves as a major corridor shared by two cities and multiple agencies.
No formal action was required; the council received the report and asked staff to continue coordination with Calimesa and the utility agencies and to provide additional public updates.
Key details: LPP grant funding (~$3.8M) supported intersection work; repaving contractor to begin mid-October 2025 and continue through November; San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency work was rescheduled to occur after repaving; stricter restoration requirements will apply for trenching into newly paved streets.
