The Box Canyon Road Project is to enhance the road with resurfacing and other site improvements while minimizing inconvenience to the traveling public
VENTURA COUNTY — Beginning in March 2019, the Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) will conduct a project to repair and resurface Box Canyon Road that will span from the Santa Susana Pass Road intersection to the Ventura/Los Angeles County line. In addition, VCPWA included in the project improvements to drainage and erosion control along the 2-mile length of road.
Due to the winding, narrow nature of Box Canyon Road, during the work, the road will be subject to closure. There will be partial single lane closures for site specific construction for approximately two months, as well as full closure throughout two weekends for the resurfacing of the entire width of the road. A brief full closure will also be required at the end of the project for striping.
During the full closures, residents will have access to and from their home every 3 hours, for 20 minutes. These access time periods will take place at 2 a.m., 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Flagmen will be located at each end of the road closure to limit traffic to local land-locked residents during these access times.
Improvements to Box Canyon Road will include new drainage inlet construction, swale improvements, 6’’base repair, roadway cold milling and new AC berms. After completion, the full width of the road will be resurfaced, which will include a layer of 2’’ asphalt rubber hot mix (ARHM) on top of a layer of rubberized chip seal. When all of this is complete, the new surface will be striped.
“Our goal is to improve the quality of travel, comfort and safety along this winding, narrow road while minimizing impacts to the local residents of Box Canyon during the project,” said Dave Fleisch, VCPWA Transportation Department Director. “The geometry of the roadway and local topography, condition of the existing pavement and the high volume of traffic drove these improvements, which are intended to last at least 20 years.”
Portable Changeable Message Signs (CMS) will be placed at both ends of the closure starting two weeks prior to construction and will be continuingly updated as the project is carried out.