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Ventura County based contractor helping to repair LA freeway heavily damaged, and shut down by fire

The damaged section of the 10 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles.
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The damaged section of the 10 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles.

Goal was to reopen it in three to five weeks, but the Governor and LA Mayor Karen Bass announced Thursday night some lanes could reopen Tuesday.

You’ve heard how a massive November 11 fire heavily damaged, and shut down what’s normally one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles.

Now, a Ventura County based company has come to the rescue. It’s one of the two companies hired to repair the 10 Freeway.

Security Paving Company of Westlake Village and Griffith Company of Brea are the two contractors hired to handle the project. Crews are working around the clock to repair the damage.

The goal was to reopen the freeway in three to five weeks, but officials now say some lanes will be ready for use next Tuesday. The damaged section of freeway normally handles about 300,000 vehicles a day.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.