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Highlander Street and Fairfax Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: Exactly where is the highest point within the Bakersfield city limits? Could you also provide the GPS coordinates? — Kevin Sargent The highest point in Bakersfield is 862 feet, in the area of Highlander Street near Panorama Drive and Fairfax Road, according to Mitch Adelson, cartographer for the U.S. Geological Survey. The GPS coordinates are 35 degrees, 24 minutes, 7.23 seconds north and -118 degrees, 55 minutes, 36.84 seconds west, Adelson said.
Location:
Norris Road and Wells Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: There was a restaurant at the corner of Norris Road and Wells Avenue in Oildale. Maggie’s was the name, I think. Someone has been working on it, but now I see that the windows were busted out and plywood now covers the windows! Who owns this property and when are they going to open it up? What type of food? Is it for lease? — Brent Andrews Owners Aquileo Lopez and Andres Perez are making improvements to what will be the Pepper Tree Cafe. They rent the space from...
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Coffee Road and Downing Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: I would like to know who to contact about a faulty signal light. The light is the left-hand turn lane at the corner of northbound Coffee Road at Downing Avenue. I have personally had to wait through several signal light cycles and I’ve seen many drivers make the left turn against a red light. It appears that the lane sensor is set too low. Please advise. — Marshall Moens Traffic counts that were taken about a year and a half to two years ago were used to set the...
Location:
7th Standard Road and North Chester Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: DeWalt Corp. has been trying to develop an odd-shaped property on the north side of Merle Haggard Drive (formerly known as 7th Standard Road) between North Chester on the east and McCray on the west. This has gone on for years. Currently, the site looks abandoned. There are open trenches, exposed conduit and tons of earth piled up against the adjacent existing neighbors’ wall. That old wall (approximately 40 years) was not designed to be a retaining wall but merely act as a...
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Hageman and Riverlakes,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: How come the median along Hageman Road in front of Centennial High School was built so people turning out of their stadium’s parking lot have to turn right and make a U-turn at Riverlakes Drive instead of being able to turn left? And why won’t road crews make it to where you can turn left from the main exit (the one with the signal and left turn lane from westbound Hageman Road) by removing a portion of that median? — Bryan Jackson A: We don’t allow left...
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Stockdale Highway and Buena Vista Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: Can you please provide an update on two pieces of property in the southwest? Both are in the River Oaks area. 1. What are the current plans for the land at the southwest corner of Stockdale Highway and Buena Vista Road? I believe it still has the Albertsons sign at the corner. 2. Also, the land at the corner of River Run Boulevard and Elkhorn Creek Lane? Originally, it was going to be an elementary school but I haven’t heard anything since that plan changed. Thank you.... |
