What it takes to close a road for filming
M. Krotz
I speak from some limited but relevent experience.
If it is a local or city street, you get permission from the city
representatives.
If it is a county road, then the county needs to approve it.
If it is a state road, the state dept. of transportation needs to
approve it.
If it is a federal highway, then the DOT gets involved.
There are increasing levels of complexity, and I speak of my experience
in Florida only, bu I would expect in normal circumstances for the same
rules to apply.
The fact that some city representatives in Hemet seem surprised about
this road closure tells me they were not included in the loop when it
came time to discuss closing the road in their jurisdiction. I think
they need to complain to whoever gave that approval to close that
roadway. That is, if anyone really and officially gave that approval.
MK
drdoody
"M. Krotz" <M...@fornikulture.com> wrote in message
news:3F247580...@fornikulture.com...
> It depends on whether it is a state, county, city or "federal" road.
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> I speak from some limited but relevent experience.
I can shut own a road for emergency purposes, but I need a good reason.
I can't see any good reason for shutting down a major artery for an extended
period of time.
Doc
Chris Leithiser
> I lived in an historical house while I lived in LA. It was an original Eastlake
> Victorian, complete with gold dust in it's varnish, and other trappings of the
> age. A lot of filming was done there. Parts of Thriller were filmed there.
> Charmed is being filmed there still. The film studios pay dearly for the
> privilege of parking on the surrounding streets, and to the owners of the
> properties. They pay each homeowner who has to park elsewhere. So, mayhap some
> money has passed hands in Gilman?
Since there's precedent that the road can be shut down for filming,
perhaps Courage Productions would like to film "Two Weeks In the [Happy]
Valley," a time-lapse epic of comings-and-goings focused on the front
gate of a certain desert prison-camp?
M. Krotz
> In article <Nr1Va.63$hk....@dfw-read.news.verio.net>, "drdoody" says...
> Victorian, complete with gold dust in it's varnish, and other trappings of the
> age. A lot of filming was done there. Parts of Thriller were filmed there.
> Charmed is being filmed there still. The film studios pay dearly for the
> privilege of parking on the surrounding streets, and to the owners of the
> properties. They pay each homeowner who has to park elsewhere. So, mayhap some
> money has passed hands in Gilman?
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Now we are getting somewhere!
All these things cost money, require permits, officials sign off on
them, etc etc. So who signed off? Who got paid? Who gave the
permission to close the road anyway?
MK
Feisty
M. Krotz <M...@fornikulture.com> wrote in message news:3F25EA36...@fornikulture.com...
An interesting thing done with a whisper? It shouldn't have been a whisper.
Since this was done in Riverside County, the Dept of Trans was responsible for issuing the
permit it sounds like.
This is a big thing that should require advising the community and those affected by the
closure in advance what is going on in the form of a certified letter or public notice as a
standard procedure.
Local county officials I believe are responsible for this.
Also, fire/emergency services and police and must be asked in advance if the closure affects
their main link on that stretch of road, (their routes to trauma centers, to get to fires in
the area) and in return, letters of notification are sent to insure that it is feasible to get
back or forth to certain areas (without use of that closed stretch of hwy)and prepare backup
routes in the event someone has a life threatening emergency.
In some cases, if a road is to be closed for anything other than life safety purposes or
reconstruction, an ordinance is required from the county board.
The Indian Reservation for sure should have received notification from Riverside County, and
other entities near the area for sure. Sounds like they didn't. It sounds like some of the
local officials didn't even know.
Feisty
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