K-rails make Highway 76 more dangerous than ever

Finally, Caltrans is widening and straightening Highway 76 between Mission Rd. and Interstate 15. It is long overdue.

Today (Mon., Dec. 8), as I write this, there was another serious, head-on collision on Highway 76, east of Gird Rd. Two people were seriously injured.

Caltrans has placed over a mile of k-rail dividers on the south side of 76 between Mission Rd. and Gird Rd. I suspect that in the near future more will be coming between Gird Rd. and Interstate 15.

Adding k-rails makes a narrow road even narrower. It takes away what shoulder there was. It is actually more narrow and it gives the...