Fourth Street in Yucaipa closed to through traffic

YUCAIPA - Construction on the Chicken Springs Wash Storm Drain on Fourth Street, south of Yucaipa Blvd., was well underway on Thursday.

The street was closed to through traffic, but those needing to reach Two Guys Pasta and Pizza, the Sunset Gardens Apartments, and Mediterranean Gardens, found the traveling unencumbered. Alternate routes south from Yucaipa Blvd. include Fourth and Fifth streets.

A posted sign said Fourth Street will be closed to through traffic from Oct. 20 to Oct. 29.

Chicken Springs Wash Storm Drain and Street Improvements/Yucaipa Boulevard Storm Drain

These projects include the construction of curb and gutter, sidewalk, asphalt concrete pavement, storm drain improvements, earth channel grading, placement of grouted rip rap, concrete structures and catch basins, removal of existing storm drain culverts, construction of concrete flood walls/retaining walls, and reconstruction of existing surfaces between Adams Street and 3rd Street along Yucaipa Boulevard and at the 3rd and 4th Street culvert crossings. The project is underway and is scheduled to be completed by March 2009