With preliminary ADA work almost completed, the $48 million project to repave Highway 62 begins in earnest in Twentynine Palms this Monday (April 12). Crews will be working on the westbound number 2 lane going from Bermuda Avenue to Athol Avenue. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations within the work area. Eventually, Highway 62 will be repaved from Indian Canyon in Desert Hot Springs, to Yucca Mesa Road in Yucca Valley, and from Bermuda to just past Utah Trail in Twentynine Palms. The project is expected to take two years to complete.
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Highway 62 will be closed intermittently Sunday night into Monday morning while utility poles are replaced west of Desert Hot Springs.
Southern California Edison crews will be working in the area north of Indian Canyon Drive 11 p.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday, according to Caltrans.
Traffic holds may last up to 10 minutes.
California Highway Patrol officers and Edison crews will be monitoring the scene and motorists are encouraged to follow their directions, according to Caltrans.
The agency didn t specify if the pole replacement is part of a $48 million paving project that was announced last week.
Highway 62 is being paved from Indian Canyon Drive to roughly Yucca Mesa Road in Yucca Valley. It s also being paved in Twentynine Palms, from Bermuda Avenue to near Utah Trail.
$48 million SR-62 road construction project set to begin next week
The initial stages of a road construction project set for more than 20 miles of state Route 62 in Riverside and San Bernardino counties will begin next week, and Caltrans urged motorists to brace for future delays.
The $48 million project will see a new layer of pavement placed on two major segments of SR-62. The first is from Indian Canyon Drive near Desert Hot Springs to roughly Yucca Mesa Road in Yucca Valley. The work will pick up again in Twentynine Palms, from Bermuda Avenue to near Utah Trail Work is set to wrap up in the summer of 2023.
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A naked Landers man was arrested Monday morning after he tried multiple times to attack Sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were called to the 1800 block of Yucca Mesa Road in Landers because Timothy Olivar, 30, was running around naked, carrying a pole. Residents complained that Olivar was going up on their porches and knocking on their doors and windows. When deputies arrived, he at first tried to flee before surrendering. Deputies said Olivar showed obvious signs of being under the influence of a stimulant drug and he was taken to the Morongo Basin Jail. Before Olivar was booked, he charged a deputy; two other deputies intervened and pulled him off. When deputies placed Olivar in a cell to sober up, he again attacked another deputy by grabbing his lower legs in an attempt to take him down. The other deputies restrained Olivar. He was then placed in a patrol car to be taken to West Valley Detention Center. When the deputy and Olivar arrived at West Valley, Olivar began banging his head