‘Dirt road near Oak Hills High School to get county help’

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An emergency project to widen, grade and apply soil stabilizer to El Centro Road next to Oak Hills High School will begin immediately, San Bernardino County officials announced. (Continued below) …

… From the Press-Dispatch, Oct. 17, 2009 … From staff reports … (Continued below) …

DAVID PARDO, DAILY PRESS: Oak Hills High School students walk home in a cloud of dust from motorists driving to and from the campus on dirt roads.

…The construction schedule is planned so as to ensure construction equipment is not operating while students are traveling to and from school. All construction will be conducted either while students are in school or after students have left for the day.

The improvements are expected to cost $75,000. The project should be completed by the first week of November.

“I’m pleased to see our public-works crews moving so quickly on this project,” said 1st District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, who recently proposed the improvements. “This project will dramatically improve safety for students using this road to travel to and from school.”

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is scheduled to accept El Centro Road into the County Maintained Road System — the first step toward making the improvements.

After acceptance into the road system, crews will immediately begin improvements on the road, according to a county news release.

Local residents and concerned parents complained about dangerous conditions shortly after students began attending the school.

A 15-year-old girl was struck by a car on El Centro Road near the school on Sept. 29, one month after the school opened.

El Centro Road, a narrow dirt road, is not currently maintained by the county or the city of Hesperia. High volumes of traffic on the road cause excessive dust, obscuring motorists’ views of pedestrians and bicyclists.

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