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]
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]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rtFfGmH6Q] Even Bruce Springsteen is singing about the 405 and this coming weekend’s Jamzilla, when the northbound lanes of the 405 will be closed or [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]
If you’re dying to know more about Jamzilla – happening Presidents’ Day Weekend, Feb. 14 – 18 – you can just ask. Metro will be hosting a live chat about Jamzilla on AMA Reddit next Friday. Here’s the press release from Metro: 1-Hour “Jamzilla” Live Chat Friday, February 7 at [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ5DCQ0e7RU] Disclaimer: the above video is a dramatization. Actually calling 511 may result in a different experience. Southern California 511 – the free traveler information service that provides traffic updates via phone or web – has launched a new feature to keep Southern California drivers up to date during Jamzilla, [continue reading]
[youtube http://youtu.be/SvlZso5xdxE] Continuing the urgent drum beat to raise public awareness on the planned northbound 405 80-hour paving operation in the Sepulveda Pass this Presidents’ Day Weekend, Metro, Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol have released a new public service announcement that is now freely available via Youtube. Anyone who [continue reading]
In efforts to help individuals, businesses, agencies and other organizations count down to the planned partial daytime and full nighttime closures of the northbound I-405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass Presidents’ Day Weekend Feb. 14-18, Metro has created an official online countdown clock and banner ads that are freely available [continue reading]
It’s not Jamzilla weekend yet, but there’s plenty of work still happening around the 405. Here’s the press release from Metro: The northbound I-405 will be fully closed from Getty Center Drive to Greenleaf Street on-ramp on the nights of Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31. The closure will [continue reading]
The planned 80-hour “Jamzilla” paving operation now scheduled for Presidents’ Day Weekend, February 14-18 is more complex, requires new construction and is more time-consuming than the epic “Carmageddon” bridge demolitions of 2011 and 2012. The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements project contractor, Kiewit Infrastructure West, will not benefit from gravity in [continue reading]
