Highway Update: Few highway lane closures seen during the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holidays

Striping and hydroseeding will take place in the area of Blackburn Road on SR-74 in Hemet. At Strawberry Creek Bridge, also on SR-74, Caltrans is working on a bridge retrofit and upgrade project. Valley News/Caltrans photo
The California Department of Transportation announced there will be no lane closures during the week of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but some work may continue behind k-rails on the various projects. All lanes will not be closed from Jan. 12 through 16 for observance of the holiday. The continuing Caltrans projects are as follows. Hemet Caltrans continues work on the $3.4 million emergency project to remove and replace culverts, perform rock scaling and install safety measures at culverts in both directions on State Route 74 in Hemet. Total project area is on SR-74 from just east of View Lane to just east of Strawberry Creek Bridge. The project length is 6.4 miles. The project at Blackburn Road is nearing completion. Crews may be conducting striping operations and hydroseeding t
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