Lakewood celebrates opening of new community access road

By John Watson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A second access road into the community of Lakewood has officially opened, as of March 31, with a ribbon cutting taking place to mark the occasion. 

Scott Silva, director of sales and marketing for Lakewood of Strathmore, explained the new road will serve to connect Lakewood, as well as Wildflower, directly to Highway 1. 

“We are very excited that this road is now open off of the north boundary road here in town and heading north-south down towards Highway 1. It is not only a milestone for the Town of Strathmore, but a big milestone for the community of Lakewood,” he said. “We have always only had one point of access into the community, and it can cause strain not only in peak volume times, but also even for emergency services. We are very excited for this not only to have another access point, but also for emergency services.”

In addition to keeping traffic flowing smoothly and establishing better access for first responders, Silva explained the quality-of-life increase will also benefit the builders and tradespeople involved in continuing to manufacture the growing community. 

The road will be accessible for everyone – a point Silva wanted to emphasize, as construction crews will largely be utilizing the new entrance and the Lakewood team wished for there to not be any confusion over whether it was explicitly an access road. 

“As Phase 2B builds out, we can definitely anticipate all of the residents using this new entrance, and then in about a year’s time, we are going to have the brand-new main entrance into the community, which will be the third point of access developed,” he said. “This process, if I’m not mistaken, is a couple years in the making. Now this road is open, but it is not even at its full scale. This road is actually going to expand.”

Silva explained the road will eventually be a double lane directional road, complete with traffic circles. This, however, is likely to be at least another year in the works at minimum. 

Ongoing developments in the community include further construction on homes in Phases 2B and 2C, as well as the recreational lake.

“Our big crescendo, or one of our crowning moments, is going to be the announcement of the completed recreational lake, so that is ongoing right now. We are still actively working on the site,” said Silva. “You are seeing equipment showing up now, so throughout the summer, we will be working on the lake itself. By next year, we are definitely looking to have our lake up and running.”