Public safety and improvements along State Route 62—focusing in Joshua Tree—will be the focus of tonight’s meeting of the Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council. Reporter Mike Lipsitz has the details…
With a well-earned reputation as one of Southern California’s deadliest roadways, a driver on Highway 62 is three times more likely to die in a crash than a driver on the average California road. That statistic comes from a 2014 expose on the highway in The Desert Sun. Such grim statistics have led Caltrans focus on Highway 62. The state transportation agency will review their plan to create continuous left turn lands along parts of the highway where none exist now, primarily along the portion that runs through Joshua Tree. Shoulder widening is also part of the plan. Whether or not tonight’s presentation will include plans to address the intolerable number of pedestrian versus vehicle fatalities in Joshua Tree’s business district remains to be seen. Tonight’s meeting gets underway 6:30 p.m. at the Joshua Tree Community Center on Sunburst Avenue.
MAC TO HEAR CALTRANS PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN JOSHUA TREE TRAFFIC
