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Murrieta council extends emergency declaration for Hayes Avenue Bridge as staff seeks engineering fix
Summary
City engineers told the council that regulatory rejection of a proposed box culvert and a conflict with a Western Municipal Water District pipeline have delayed repairs. Council unanimously extended the emergency declaration while staff pursues a steel arch span and evaluates a temporary repair to restore limited access.
Murrieta city engineers urged the City Council to extend an emergency declaration for the unsafe Hayes Avenue Bridge over Miller Canyon Creek, citing regulatory setbacks and an underground water main that blocks the preferred repair method.
"We would be looking at construction sometime in mid‑March," said City Engineer Jeff Hitch, describing a pivot from a box culvert design to a manufactured steel arch span after regulators declined to approve the emergency permit for the original plan. Hitch said the arch would be manufactured offsite and craned into place but that an existing Western…
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