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Improvements to Lost Road will cause some temporary road closures throughout the rest of the month.
When done, it will have a black top finish though it will not have a solid road bed under it. Usually the road needs maintenance yearly and with this method a full three years is anticipated between fixes.
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| I was going under 15 MPH when this truck flew past me doing at least triple what I was doing. |
I've lived in Wildomar since 2001 and have never driven on Lost Rd. It's on the other side of the freeway from where I live and it's not a path to anywhere I've ever needed to go. So I decided to take a drive on it before it got paved.
Talk about a rough road. I never could get above 20 MPH in my Honda CRV and many times was reduced to under 10 MPH. I'm sure it'll be a night and day difference once the project is finished, but I'm not sure that won't just make the road all the more dangerous.
"How's that?" you ask.
It was just one blind corner after another and once the road is smooth enough to travel at 60+ MPH it won't take long before two Dale Earnhardt Jr wannabees meet up with each other.
I made a video of my trip on Lost Road. It took more than four and a half minutes to make the 2 mile drive so I sped it up by 6 times, simulating about 75 MPH. You'll notice in the video that the last half mile of the road (on the Lake Elsinore side) had already been treated.
The video below is a look at the public comments from Sheila Urlaub at the most recent city council meeting on the topic of Lost Road and her concerns.
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Where lies the land to which the ship would go?
Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know.
Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know.
— Arthur Hugh Clough
