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Article: FINISHING TOUCHES; WILEY CANYON ROAD TO REOPEN NEXT MONTH.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1999
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Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer
Three months behind schedule, a kinder, gentler stretch of Wiley Canyon Road finally will reopen to traffic next month - minus the dangerous hairpin turn that motorists once cursed.
Construction of the 1,600-foot stretch of roadway is finished, but workers continue to put finishing touches on a retaining wall built against the shaved-down hillside, where an S-curve once existed, as well as installing guard rails, street lights, a bicycle path and new sidewalks, said Chris Price, the city's project supervising engineer.
``The city is really anxious to get this open to the public again,'' said Price, ...