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Regional Boards => Pacific Southwest => Topic started by: Kniwt on June 21, 2024, 03:38:14 PM

Title: CA 99 Palm and Pine in Madera will be removed next year
Post by: Kniwt on June 21, 2024, 03:38:14 PM
The Fresno Bee reports:
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article289278360.html

Quote... But the trees will be removed during the fall of 2025 because of the construction project set to widen Highway 99 between Avenues 7 and 12 from four to six total lanes. The project includes placing a concrete center divider in the highway.

... Larry Johnson, a spokesperson with the Caltrans District 6 office, told The Bee that the palm and the pine will be replaced with a new marker of the divide between California's north and south — one that sticks out a little more at drivers on Highway 99.

(https://i.imgur.com/7i9o0AU.jpeg)
Title: Re: CA 99 Palm and Pine in Madera will be removed next year
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 21, 2024, 03:39:56 PM
And replaced by 30 trees in addition to an actual monument...
Title: Re: CA 99 Palm and Pine in Madera will be removed next year
Post by: RZF on June 22, 2024, 01:54:39 AM
Now how else are we going to distinctly separate Northern from Southern California?
Title: Re: CA 99 Palm and Pine in Madera will be removed next year
Post by: SeriesE on June 22, 2024, 04:30:33 AM
Quote from: RZF on June 22, 2024, 01:54:39 AMNow how else are we going to distinctly separate Northern from Southern California?

A sign that says END "the 99"/BEGIN "99" (reverse for the other direction)  :-D