Lane closures announced among Menifee project and construction updates

Menifee has project and construction updates to share with the community. For a current list of street projects and construction updates, visit its interactive mobile and web map at www.cityofmenifee.us/traffic.

Audie Murphy Ranch Road –Lane Closures between Destry Drive and Sagebush Lane Menifee Union School District is continuing to perform sidewalk repairs and street pavement restoration along Audie Murphy Ranch Road. Lane closures will be in place in support of the improvement work and flaggers will be present to direct traffic during the duration of the project. Traffic delays should be expected through the end of June 2023.

Holland Road Overpass – City Capital Improvement Project The City is actively performing work related to the Holland Road Overpass project. Holland Road between Hanover Lane and Antelope Road will remain closed for the duration of the project, which is expected to last 17 months.

There will also be alternating lane closures on the I-215 Freeway from Newport Road to Scott Road during the week of Monday, June 19.

Up to two lanes will be closed and one lane will remain open as work is being completed. On Friday, June 23, southbound I-215 will have lane closures between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. and northbound I-215 will have lane closures between 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. For additional information and to sign up for project updates, please visit www.hollandoverpass. com

Newport Road at Murrieta Road – Nighttime Lane Closures

Southern California Edison continues nighttime work to underground utility lines at the intersection of Newport and Murrieta roads. Night work will be performed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and is expected to continue through June. Lane closures will be in place while this project is active.

Bradley Road at Holland Road – Storm Drain Construction Work

Storm drain facilities are currently being installed adjacent to Holland Road as part of the Menifee 80 residential housing tract. Work has been temporarily delayed, and updates for this project will be provided when work proceeds. Holland Road is cur- rently open in all traffic directions at this time.

Valley Boulevard between McCall Boulevard and Ridgemoor Street

The developer of Cimarron Ridge continues installing underground improvements in the area of Valley Boulevard between McCall Blvd. and Ridgemoor Street. This portion of Valley Blvd. will be subject to lane closures during this work and traffic delays should be expected in the area through the end of June.

SCE Work on Menifee Road –Newport to Holland at www.communityoutreachministry.org. Checks may also be mailed to the organization and made payable to Community Outreach Ministry at 23905 Clinton Keith Road, Suite 114 and 116, Wildomar, California 92595. For more information, email info@ communityoutreachministry.org or call 951-698-7650 (office) or 951-231-5515 (cell). Submitted by Community Outreach Ministry.

SCE continues trenching new power lines in the right-of-way/ shoulder along Menifee Road, from Newport Road to Holland Road. Work is currently active during daytime hours at the intersection of Newport and Menifee roads. Traffic control will be in place during project work. Message boards containing contact information for the project will also be placed in the project area. Completion of work in this area is now expected to continue through the end of June.

Normandy Road Lane Closure – La Ladera Road to Berea Road

SCE work on Normandy Road between La Ladera Road and Berea Road has been temporarily delayed. All traffic lanes have been reopened. Traffic updates will be provided once work resumes. Murrieta Road Improvements – City Capital Improvement Project

The City’s roadway improvement project on Murrieta Road began Monday, June 5. Intermittent traffic control will be in place along Murrieta Road from the Salt Creek Chanel to San Quintin Drive to support the construction work. Improvements include road widening, storm drain improvements, pedestrian curb ramps and a center median. The project is anticipated to be completed in mid-September. Traffic delays should be expected in this area during the project work. For questions on the project/ construction updates listed, please contact Philip Southard, Public Information and Legislative Affairs Officer, at 951-746-0654 or at psouthard@cityofmenifee.us

Temecula Creek Society is accepting members

TEMECULA – A new organization has been given its official blessing to begin accepting members by The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution, and its name is Temecula Creek Society. Any young person under the age 22 is eligible for membership in The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution. Members range in age from birth to age 21. The prospective member must be lineally descended from a man or woman who rendered material aid to the cause of American Independence as a soldier, sailor, civil officer or recognized patriot in one of the several Colonies or States of the United States.

Temecula Creek Society’s organizing senior president is Cindy Greer of Fallbrook. Greer put together a proposal for the new society, and received approval and sponsorship by the Luiseño Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She sent her proposal to the state society president who presented it to the board of management; she notified Greer of their decision Sunday, June 4.

The Children of the American Revolution’s objectives for its members are to acquire knowledge of American history, to preserve places of historical importance associated with men and women who forwarded American Independence and to learn about and honor the memories of people who rendered service to the cause of the American Revolution. C.A.R. further promotes patriotic anniversaries, honors the flag of the United States of America above every other flag, and loves, upholds and extends the principles of American liberty and patriotism.

Membership in C.A.R. provides an opportunity for children to participate in historical, educational and patriotic activities. All children who can prove lineage to a patriot of the American Revolution are welcome. C.A.R. membership is a very special way of learning about family heritage and history.

Each child is a member of the National Society upon verification of the application. Currently, Temecula Creek

Society is in the process of building their membership. For more information, contact Cindy Greer at cindy.greer@luiseno.californiadar.org. Meetings of the Temecula Creek Society will begin in fall 2023.

N.S.C.A.R. has a 128-year-old history. At the Fourth Continental Congress, Feb. 22, 1895, held in Washington Harriett Mulford Lothrop, the Regent of the Old Concord Chapter, Massachusetts, in a response to the address of President Gen. Mrs. Stevenson, referred to the advisability of forming a young people’s society to be called Children of the American Revolution. A decision was made April 5, 1895, by the founders that C.A.R. should be incorporated as a separate organization of the NSDAR, but that its officers should be members in good standing in the DAR. For more information, visit http://www.nscar.org.

Submitted by The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution.