Caltrans: Repairs on Highway 62 in Twentynine Palms should be completed this week

Gary Daigneault Gary Daigneault Send an email October 12, 2026
After a year of construction, Caltrans Inspector Anthony Hernandez says the highway will be open across all lanes this week.

Twentynine Palms residents who have been navigating around K-rail barriers on the highway just East of Stater brothers for a year will soon see the roadway open. 

Severe flooding severely damaged the bridge over the wash in the area about a year ago. John Moore of Griffith Construction said the long delay in making repairs was caused by challenges with permitting and utilities in the area.

Caltrans Inspector Anthony Hernandez told Z107.7 News that the highway is expected to reopen next week. He said the K-Rail on the Westbound lanes are scheduled to be removed Thursday, October 15 with the Eastbound lanes opening shortly after.

Gary Daigneault Gary Daigneault Send an email October 12, 2026
Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault

Gary Daigneault has been a broadcast journalist for 45 years with awards and citations from the Associated Press, National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Association, Radio Inc. Magazine, five “Golden Mic” and four “Mark Twain” awards. In 2010 he was inducted into the Associated Press Hall of Fame. Daigneault taught Broadcasting for 27 years. He is President of Theatre 29, six term Past-President of Rotary Clubs, Past-President of Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree Chambers of Commerce and chaired the Joshua Tree National Park Commission. Gary and wife Cindy live in Twentynine Palms since 1979. They have two children and five grandchildren.