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ALA Authorizes Renovation of Willow Creek Bridge

Trinity Construction of Rimforest Wins Bid

By Michael P. Neufeld
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lake Arrowhead, CA - The Arrowhead Lake Association (ALA) has just awarded a contract to Trinity Construction of Rimforest to renovate the Willow Creek Bridge near the Tavern Bay Beach Club in Lake Arrowhead.

Trinity Construction of Rimforest has been hired to renovate the Willow Creek Bridge near Arrowhead Lake Association's Tavern Bay Beach Club. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

The ALA access bridge serves both vehicle and pedestrian traffic across Willow Creek, on North Shore Road, opposite the entrance to the UCLA Conference Center.

Arrowhead Lake Association (ALA) is renovating Willow Creek Bridge by the UCLA Conference Center. (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

The scope of the project, authorized October 9 at a special meeting of the ALA Board of Directors, will include partial demolition of the existing bridge and new traffic decking. In addition, Trinity Construction will install guardrails, pave the bridge and stripe the roadway.

During the four to eight weeks anticipated to complete the project, the bridge will be closed to vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic for extended periods.

A release from ALA indicated the organization apologized for any inconveniences the project may cause.

Call (909) 337-2595, extension 103, for the status of the project. E-mail updates are also available by sending a request to be added to the "Willow Creek Bridge Status Report" list to Laura Dyberg, property manager at ldyberg@ala-ca.org.

This article was first published on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:38 am. This article has been viewed 382 times.

Michael P. Neufeld, Senior News Editor, is a graduate of the Dwight Bentel School of Journalism at San Jose State University. His first job out of San Jose State was with the Associated Press in Los Angeles as overnight Radio Editor. Prior to joining RIMOFTHEWORLD.net, Neufeld was editor of two weekly newspapers—THE MOUNTAIN NEWS and CRESTLINE COURIER-NEWS. He also has experience as editor of an employee newspaper for a major utility company and during his tenure as executive director of the San Jose State University Alumni Association served as faculty advisor to the association's monthly newsletter. He also spent eight years in commercial radio doing everything from news to advertising sales and writing commercials to being an announcer and on-air personality. Neufeld is actively involved the mountain communities including serving as master of ceremonies for the Arrowhead Arts Music Festival held each summer.

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