Completes Clinton Keith Extension Project Bringing Relief to Murrieta Residents and Businesses By Brian Hoover
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iverside County and City of Murrieta officials celebrated the completion of the Clinton Keith Extension Project with a ribboncutting ceremony July 27. The Clinton Keith Road Extension Project began in spring 2016 and was completed in July 2018, bringing much-needed relief to residents and businesses located around Clinton Keith Road, the 1-15, I-215 and Winchester Road areas. The newly extended Clinton Keith Road will now provide motorists better access to the 14
freeway systems without having to utilize alternate routes like Los Alamos Road, Murrieta Hot Springs or Scott Road. The area of Clinton Keith, stretching from Whitewood Road to a housing project near Leon Road in French Valley, is a new roadway consisting of three lanes in each direction, easing congestion for around 50,000 cars travelling each day on Murrieta Hot Springs Road alone. The new section of the roadway does not yet connect to Winchester Road (SR-79), but the final phase will reportedly join
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Clinton Keith to both Winchester and Benton Roads. Sukut Construction, a Heavy Civil Engineering General Contractor, was awarded the Clinton Keith Extension contract from the county of Riverside in cooperation with the City of Murrieta. Funding was made possible from a variety of sources, including Riverside County Transportation Commission (Measure A – Discretionary) TUMF, The Western Riverside Council of Governments, Southwest Area Road and Bridge www.calcontractor.com