On Tuesday, the City of Antioch officially opened Laurel Road to the Highway 4 Bypass that now connects Antioch with the City of Oakley.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held with Mayor Lamar Thorpe and Councilmember Lori Ogorchock in attendance along with city employees of both Antioch and Oakley, the Antioch Chamber of Commerce and others. Members of both the Antioch Police Department and Oakley Police Department were both in attendance.
With the connection now open, Laurel now will run from the City of Oakley to Hillcrest Avenue in the city of Antioch.
With the roadway now open, traffic should be reduced at Highway 4 and Lone Tree Way at the bypass which often backs up onto Highway 4. The project had been in the works since 1996 after Canada Valley Road was extended to run parallel the State Route 4 bypass—Laurel Road was later identified in 2005 to be connected to Cananda valley Road.
