Live Oak Canyon Road Bridge Emergency Project Work Order# ZD50058F Task Code #3058
Summary
SCH Number
2025020163
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Live Oak Canyon Road Bridge Emergency Project Work Order# ZD50058F Task Code #3058
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/6/2025
Document Description
The County of Riverside Transportation Department proposes to
perform emergency repairs on Live Oak Canyon Road Bridge. The project area is just south of
the City of Redlands and the San Bernardino and Riverside County Lines, approximately 0.1
mile East of San Timoteo Road and 2.57 miles South of Highway 10 in the Community of
San Timoteo Canyon in the County of Riverside. A recent bridge inspection found severe
damage at the timber wall protecting the embankment slope at the Abutment 1 wall. Water damage
has caused the loss of sections on several vertically supporting piles and many horizontal
planks running between the piles. The deteriorated wood planks allowed the soil behind the
timber walls to seep through the damaged timber planks.
At the North end of the bridge, significant slope erosion was observed at Abutment 6. This slope
failure at the abutment embankment undermined the abutment diaphragm wall and exposed the
steel piles supporting the abutment wall.
The County of Riverside Transportation Department proposes to perform emergency repairs to fix
the issues. The proposed emergency repairs include the following:
1. Installation of new horizontal planks and timber pile vertical supports at the existing
timber retaining wall in front of abutment 1
Replacing the damaged lumber planks with new planks. For the damaged vertical timber piles,
new timber piles will be added next to the existing piles. The new piles will be connected to the
existing pile with through bolts.
2. Restore of the eroded embankment slope in front of abutment 6 at the east end of
the bridge
The project will remove loose and organic soil from the top of the damaged slope. New structural
soil backfill will be added, compacted, and graded to restore the original slope. All work will be
performed in this area outside of the streambed.
Contact Information
Name
Jan Bulinski
Agency Name
County of Riverside Transportation Department
Job Title
Environmental Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Timoteo Canyon Community
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
San Timoteo Canyon Community
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Emergency Project
Type, Section or Code
15269(b)(c)(d)
Reasons for Exemption
Emergency repair of
Live Oak Canyon Road Bridge is planned for the safety of the traveling public. CEQA Guidelines
Section 15269 allows for emergency repairs (b) to a public facility necessary to maintain service
essential to the public health, safety or welfare, (c) specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate
an emergency, and (d) projects undertaken to maintain, repair, or restore an existing bridge
damaged by flood. The proposed activities qualify to be statutorily exempt from CEQA under
Section 15269 (b)(c) and (d) because the activity consists of repairing an existing bridge to provide
service essential to public health and safety, and to prevent or mitigate an emergency.
The County of Riverside Transportation Department has found that the above-described
project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
based on the following:
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301(c)
Reasons for Exemption
Existing Facilities, allows for the repair and maintenance of existing public facilities that involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The proposed activities qualify to be exempt from CEQA under Section 15301 (c) because the activities consist of repair and maintenance of existing facilities that do not create additional traffic lanes and involve negligible or no expansion of use of the existing roadways and associated facilities.
The County of Riverside Transpiration Department has found that the above-described project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality act (CEQA), based on the following.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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