Indian Canyon Drive, Araby Drive reopen in Palm Springs
Indian Canyon Drive has reopened at the wash in Palm Springs.
Araby Drive in Palm Springs has reopened, the city announced Thursday.
The artery to Araby Cove was shut down during the historic Valentine’s Day flood which rolled through the region. The city originally projected that the Araby Drive would reopen on March 15.
The road’s extended closure drummed up discussion for the potential construction of a bridge over the wash.
“This was the worst. I’ve ever seen and I’ve been here since 1998,” Kerstin Pollack, who lives in the Araby Cove said to News Channel 3’s Jeremy Chen last month.”Now we may reconsider that and put in a low bridge we hope, instead of a high bridge,” Pollack said.
A low bridge being a street with culverts to allow water to flow under rather than a wide span bridge. Pollack also says Rim Road, the only other access point to Araby Cove can be dangerous at times.
“It’s narrow and has rocks falling down the hillside,” Pollack said.
In 2012 the neighborhood rejected an $11 million dollar proposed wide-span bridge for Araby Drive.
