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Murrieta council extends emergency declaration for Hayes Avenue Bridge after permitting setbacks
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Murrieta City Council unanimously extended an emergency declaration for the Hayes Avenue Bridge to preserve access and maintain emergency response while staff pursues a revised design after regulators denied the city's initial emergency permit.
Murrieta City Council voted unanimously Oct. 7 to extend an emergency declaration for the Hayes Avenue Bridge over Miller Canyon Creek while staff pursues an alternative design following a permit denial.
City Engineer Jeff Hitch told the council the wooden bridge, closed earlier this year after structural defects were discovered, cannot be repaired to current code to support full emergency apparatus and that the city’s originally proposed box culvert emergency permit was rejected by regulators. Hitch said the city has pivoted to a prefabricated steel arch span and is working with ConTech, the manufacturer, but the project faces a complicating underground conflict with…
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