A heavily trafficked road that links the San Gabriel Valley and Orange County is expected to be closed for at least a year following a season of torrential rain that caused a portion of the winding thoroughfare to sink.
A section of Hacienda Road in La Habra Heights between Skyline Drive and Canada Sombre Road has been closed after the pavement sank several inches.
The closure is causing headaches for commuters who use the road as a more-direct alternative to freeways to access parts of north Orange County. However, with rain continuing this week, officials determined the road is not safe for motorists. The depression in the road, which serves about 30,000 cars daily, was first discovered in mid-February. Officials filled the area with asphalt, but the road continued to settle. Officials decided to close it amid concerns that the street might give way.
“You’ve taken an old road that was put into service for low volumes of traffic and now it’s more of a regional road,” he said. “It goes through our city, but it services the region much more than the residents.”
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