@DJEddieOne I have this morning's update. The closure of northbound lanes begins at Mulholland Dr; tapering begins south of Skirball. — I_405 (@I_405) February 16, 2014 SU-ALL: Traffic is running smoothly. No issues to report. #Jamzilla — I_405 (@I_405) February 16, 2014 Very little news to report, people. The repaving [continue reading]
Lane closures begin late Friday evening and a complete closure of the NORTHBOUND 405 will be achieved by 1 a.m. from Getty Center Drive to Ventura Boulevard. Only two northbound lanes will be open during daylight hours on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and a 65 percent reduction in traffic is [continue reading]
[scribd id=207207539 key=key-1kmknh8wcem195hbajgx mode=scroll] Metro held two community meetings on Thursday in Beverly Hills to explain upcoming work on the first phase of the Purple Line Extension that will run for 3.9 miles between the Wilshire/Western station and the new Wilshire/La Cienega station. The Beverly Hills Courier covered the meetings but their [continue reading]
A noteworthy construction milestone was reached today when the first of 18 new power traction substations was delivered to the Gold Line Foothill Extension and the Expo Line projects. The first of the substations — which transfer electricity to the overhead wires — was delivered to the Foothill Extension in [continue reading]
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension is now 50 percent complete, according to the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the Pasadena-to-Azusa/Glendora border project. Below are an awesome collection of aerial photos taken in recent days by the Construction Authority. The news release — with a [continue reading]
And here’s one more southbound 405 closure, taking place tonight: On the night of Tuesday, February 11 through the morning of Wednesday, February 12, 2014, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor is scheduled to conduct a full southbound I-405 closure from Getty Center Drive to Sunset Boulevard from midnight to [continue reading]
With Jamzilla approaching this weekend on the 405 freeway, I thought this would be a good time to re-run a post from the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvement Project’s web page. The aim of the work this weekend is to pave a major segment of the new northbound HOV lane in the [continue reading]
[scribd id=206216538 key=key-276tey30ejma86c7z717 mode=scroll] As some of you already know, Metro’s Service Councils this month are holding public hearings on proposed bus service changes to take effect in June. The above staff report details all the changes, including maps of proposed bus routes. Perhaps the most interesting changes proposed involve [continue reading]
Metro is holding a pair of community meetings on Feb. 13 to discuss utility relocation and other work that needs to be done in preparation for construction of the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Cienega station. Metro has a “Master Cooperative Agreement” with the city of Los Angeles that governs how [continue reading]
Above is an excerpt from the Reddit chat Metro held earlier in the day about the impending Jamzilla on the 405 freeway next weekend. Read the entire chat here. If you haven’t heard yet, there will 80 hours of lane closures on the northbound 405 beginning late on Feb. [continue reading]
