‘Blood Alley’ is the nickname for Highway 138. The two-lane highway through the Western Antelope Valley serves Neenach, Holiday Valley, Fairmont and Antelope Acres, but has a reputation for serious accidents.

The deadline for written comments is September 19.

Download the DEIR at
www.metro.net/projects/nw138/
email comments to:
nw138@metro.net

Mail comments to
Mr. Ron Kosinski, Deputy District Director, California Department of Transportation
Division of Environmental Planning (NW SR-138)
MS-16A
100 S Main Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012

On August 5, Neenach resident Jeff Zimmerman came upon this Highway 138 crash at 269th Street West. This one was a solo accident when a man hit the dirt berm at highway speeds. The air bag deployed. The window was shattered and the man went to the hospital with chest pain.

Proposed upgrades for Highway 138 will be explained at workshops Thursday, Aug. 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Fox Airfield, (4555 W. Ave. G near Antelope Acres) and Saturday, Aug. 27, 9:30–11:30 a.m. at Grace Chapel in Neenach (25649 W. Ave. D). See the draft EIR at metro.net/nw138. The deadline for public comments will be September 19.

—Patric Hedlund

Photo captions:

Neenach photographer Jeff Zimmerman rendered aid at the scene of this crash on Highway 138 August 5 at about 11 p.m. until L.A.’s Engine 77 arrived.

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