Over a dozen mobile home parks in the eastern Coachella Valley will see dirt roads become paved streets as part of efforts to improve air quality.
Riverside County and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) will work together on an upcoming $4.57 million road paving project. The South Coast AQMD governing board in August approved an agenda item to move the project forward by choosing the Riverside County Transportation Department to administer this project.
The agencies are expected to develop a Memorandum of Understanding, which will provide a timeframe for implementation. Construction is projected to start in 2026.
“This funding is the result of community voices driving real change,” said Riverside County Supervisor and South Coast AQMD Governing Board Member V. Manuel Perez. “This will help reduce dust emissions in our communities and improve daily living conditions for our residents. With the Riverside County Transportation Department’s track record and expertise, I look forward to the paving of these roads and the tremendous difference this will make.”
The following are the tentative locations for paving improvements, subject to the mobile home parks being current with permitting and property taxes:
- Sanchez Mobile Home Park, 64975 Harrison Street, Thermal
- Mountain Vista Mobile Home Park, 59700 Pierce Street, Thermal
- Zakey Mobile Home Park, 88755 58th Avenue, Thermal
- Maria y Jose Mobile Home Park, 85701 Middleton Street, Oasis
- Seferino Huerta Mobile Home Park, 67959 Lincoln Street, Mecca
- Toledo Mobile Home Park, 89171 64th Avenue, Mecca
- Campos Wong Mobile Home Park, 52742 Fillmore Street, Thermal
- 63rd Avenue off Pierce Street near the Whitewater River, Mecca
- B Bros Ranch aka Barroso Mobile Home Park, 52255 Fillmore Street, Thermal
- Familia Martinez Mobile Home Park, 69780 Grant Street, Mecca
- Meza Mobile Home Park, 56850 Desert Cactus, Thermal
- Rodriguez, Bolanos, Meza Ranch aka Rancho La Boquilla, 56845 Desert Cactus, Thermal
- Velasco Mobile Home Park, 70980 Wheeler Street, Mecca
- Sacred Grove, 96751 Highway 111, North Shore
One of the parks set for road paving, the Maria y Jose Mobile Home Park in Oasis, was built with county help in order to move a dozen families out of Oasis Mobile Home Park.
The locations were selected by community members as part of the AB 617 Eastern Coachella Valley Community Steering Committee process.
