Road advisories
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Expo Light Rail Line Project
Note the following activities:
1. Colorado Avenue between Second and Ninth streets and between 12th and17th streets: Expect westbound and eastbound lane closures during nighttime hours of 9 p.m. — 6 a.m. and daytime hours. Expect reduction of travel lanes on Ninth Street at Colorado Avenue during night time hours, Fourth Street and Colorado during night time hours and Euclid at Colorado during daytime hours.
2. Olympic Boulevard between 20th Street and Cloverfield Boulevard: Expect westbound and eastbound delays and lane closures during non-peak travel hours, 9:30 a.m. — 3 p.m.
3. Colorado Avenue eastbound between Fourth and Fifth streets is now closed. Detailed information can be found online at: http://www.buildexpo.org.
20th Street/Cloverfield Boulevard Improvement Project
The contractor will be shutting down the signal at 20th Street and Pico Boulevard on Monday between 8 a.m. — 6 p.m. for rewiring and upgrade work. If the work isn’t completed on Monday, it will likely continue on Tuesday as well. Expect delays and use alternate routes whenever possible. For more info, contact Jim Litzel, Black & Veatch, (310) 863-4991.
Parking Structure No. 6
There will be periodic sidewalk closures on Second Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard through March 1. There will be periodic northbound lane closures through March 1 for material deliveries on Second Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard. Temporary traffic control signs and barricades will be deployed to guide vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the work areas. Fencing and deliveries work will take place in the alley behind the parking structure (Second Court), with partial alley closures taking place through March 1. All work will take place Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. For more information about the Parking Structure 6 project, visit http://www.SMConstructs.org or call (310) 458-2205.
Wastewater Main Replacement Project
Construction activities will restrict access and only local traffic will be allowed in Lincoln Court from Pacific to Pearl streets and in Pearl Place North from Lincoln Court to 11th Street. Temporary traffic control signs and barricades will be implemented near the intersection of Ashland Avenue and 14th Street. Traffic will be restricted to one lane on Ashland Avenue approximately 250 feet on either side of 14th Street. Drivers are advised to slow down and use caution when workers are present. For more information, contact Curtis Castle at (310) 458-8721.
Civic Center Parks
Through March of 2013 the majority of Town Square (front yard of City Hall) will be closed so the contractor can continue construction activities. During this time period, the west-facing front door of City Hall will be accessible via a pedestrian pathway that runs north from the sidewalk on Olympic Drive to the front door of City Hall. The sidewalk and parking lane on the east side of Main Street will be closed in front of City Hall; Pedestrians on the east side of Main Street are routed through a barricaded pathway in the Main Street parking lane. The parking lot and City Hall entrance on the north side of City Hall will remain open during construction. One-way vehicular traffic has been implemented turning west from Main Street on to Fujinomiya Douri; traffic must exit behind City Hall south on Avenida Mazatlan and onto Olympic Drive. Caution should be used in this area, emergency vehicles are exempt from the one-way traffic pattern. On Ocean Avenue, through May 10, the sidewalk on the east side of Ocean Avenue between Colorado Avenue and Seaside Terrace will be closed for construction activities.
Santa Monica-Malibu USD: Samohi
Beginning Feb. 11 through Feb. 25, two northbound lanes will be closed on Fourth Street between Pico Boulevard and Olympic Drive and one lane on Pico due to storm drain work. Through traffic and access to bus transit will be maintained at all times.
