{"id":4133,"date":"2012-10-31T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T21:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2012-11-12T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T00:49:15","slug":"sullivan-canyon-closed-to-public-until-end-of-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2012\/10\/31\/sullivan-canyon-closed-to-public-until-end-of-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan Canyon Closed to Public Until End of December"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Southern California Gas Company recently released information regarding the closing of Sullivan Canyon to the public (see below for the press release).<\/p>\n

A comment was made on our blog alleging that the area had been closed due to an incident involving a mountain biker \u00a0being seriously injured. According to Public Affairs Manager Krista Phipps, the area was not closed as a direct result of the incident, but in response to several factors. “I was told by the Project Manager that [the incident which caused injury to the mountain biker] did not occur at the construction site.\u00a0 However, it was serious and required the person to be airlifted out of the canyon.\u00a0 Overall, there have been a series of close calls in and around the construction site and we just do not want to risk injury to the public or our employees,” said Phipps.<\/p>\n

Please note that Sullivan Canyon is NOT public property. It is owned and operated by the Southern California Gas Company which maintains it as open to the public unless work to the gas line is necessary. The Gas Co. can rescind permission to access Sullivan Canyon at any time. In this case, many users will be effected, not just mountain bikers. This surely will come down to a blame game with mountain bikers bearing the brunt of criticism, and to a large degree rightly so. All we can ask is that you ride safely for the conditions, and remember that your actions represent the entire mountain bike community.<\/p>\n

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October 29, 2012<\/p>\n

RE: Sullivan Canyon Closure – Southern California Gas Company Pipeline Protection Project<\/p>\n

Dear Neighbor:<\/p>\n

In follow up to the notice of September 17, 2012 regarding the Sullivan Canyon Maintenance Project, this correspondence is to inform you that in spite of our efforts to complete the project without impeding public access, we have determined that in order to maintain public safety, Sullivan Canyon will be closed to the public during the hours of 6am to 6pm Monday thru Saturday, effective immediately. <\/strong>This schedule will be maintained throughout the duration of the project to ensure safe operation of two high-pressure transmission pipelines located in the canyon. The project is expected to be completed by December 31, 2012. Please note that this completion date is an approximation and may change due to the needs of the project.<\/p>\n

Additional closures and\/or further restrictions will be posted on the gate at Queensferry Road and at the entrance to the property off of Mulholland Drive in advance, to the extent feasible. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this necessary work to ensure pipeline safety and maintenance of a reliable natural gas supply to the Los Angeles basin area. SoCal Gas appreciates your understanding of the need for this maintenance work and temporary disruption of canyon access. It is our goal to keep disruptions to a minimum and we regret temporary inconveniences.<\/p>\n

Safety is our first priority. We appreciate customers and members of the community keeping us informed on conditions surrounding our facilities. Please feel free to share this notice with your networks which have an interest in the canyon.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your understanding while we perform this necessary maintenance and repair work. Should you have any questions, please call me at (323) 371-0011 or email me at kphipps@semprautilities.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Southern California Gas Company recently released information regarding the closing of Sullivan Canyon to the public (see below for the press release). A comment was made on our blog alleging that the area had been closed due to an incident involving a mountain biker \u00a0being seriously injured. According to Public Affairs Manager Krista Phipps, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29,14,16],"tags":[342,158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4133"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4136,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4133\/revisions\/4136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}