Bypass weeds a thing of the past
The Highway 25 bypass has the look of a bright, shiny,
brand-new, $43 million road.
That’s thanks to San Benito County’s Public Works Department
going out and cutting down a huge mass of weeds that had grown
along prominent portions of the new bypass near town between
Sunnyslope and Santa Ana roads.
Bypass weeds a thing of the past
The Highway 25 bypass has the look of a bright, shiny, brand-new, $43 million road.
That’s thanks to San Benito County’s Public Works Department going out and cutting down a huge mass of weeds that had grown along prominent portions of the new bypass near town between Sunnyslope and Santa Ana roads.
The weeds along the bypass had been an eye soar since it officially opened in early February. One of the problems in addressing the displeasing view had been the transfer of jurisdiction from the contractor to the Council of San Benito County Governments, which has the road for another 18 months or so before it gets handed over to the state.
Under an agreement among local governments, the city and county are set to share maintenance duties until the bypass is transferred to Caltrans. That led to the county’s public works department taking on the tedious job of cutting down the bypass weeds.
“They deserve a big, old kudos,” COG Executive Director Lisa Rheinheimer said, “because they did a terrific job.”
