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At least two fires are reported burning north of UCLA causing major traffic disruptions this afternoon.  The most recent alerts (as of around 5 PM today) say: Please be advised of a hillside brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass which has closed Sepulveda Blvd and slowed traffic more than normally on the I-405.  Additionally there are reports of car fires on Mulholland Drive and near Coldwater Canyon.I-405 is still open in both directions but moving slowly.  Heavy smoke from the fire is visible on campus. == Coldwater Canyon is closed between Ventura Blvd and Sunset Blvd. This is in addition…

There are warnings of 405 closures this weekend in the UCLA area on the Westwood-Century City Patch (excerpts): As drivers are warned of I-405 closures starting Saturday in preparation for Carmageddon II, they are also learning the full Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project is running about four to six months behind schedule. At a community meeting Thursday night in the Skirball Cultural Center, project manager Michael Barbour said crews have encountered delays in getting the Mulholland Bridge ready for the full freeway closure Sept. 29 to Sept. 30. But in preparation for the second phase of the Mulholland Bridge demolition and reconstruction,…

We’re too late to give you the Monday night warning but the action (inaction?) repeats tonight: Full closure of all I-405 northbound lanes (between the Montana Avenue and Moraga Drive), Sunset Boulevard (between Barrington Avenue and Veteran Avenue) and Church Lane (between Sepulveda Boulevard and Kiel Street) on the night of Monday, August 20th / morning of Tuesday, August 21st. All Sunset on/off-ramps (with the exception of the SB I-405 off-ramp) will be closed, as well. Where: I-405 and Sunset Boulevard When: NB freeway will be closed from midnight until 5am on Tuesday morning. Sunset Boulevard, Church Lane and freeway ramps will…

Night-only closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Montana Avenue. Night-only closure of I-405 Montana Avenue off-ramp  Where: Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Montana Avenue  When: Thursday, July 12th through Monday, August 6th. Sepulveda will be closed from 10pm until 6am nightly. The Montana off-ramp will be closed from 7pm until 6am nightly. Closures of Sunset and Church will be in place from 10pm until 6am each night. Closures will take place both during the week and on weekends. 

The News from LACMTA: Ramp Jam work to begin Posted on June 21, 2012 by Steve Hymon        The demolition of the first two Wilshire-405 ramps begins this weekend. There’s no way of sugar-coating it: there will be significant traffic impacts.  That said, the status quo in the area has been pretty much horrible for as long as I can recall — way too many cars competing for space while trying to enter and exit the freeway. The reconstruction of the ramps should greatly improve the way that traffic flows in the area, but there’s no getting around the pain that…

We have noted the impending situation on Wilshire at the 405 in which various ramps to the freeway will be closed for construction for extended periods starting this summer. (See earlier posts.)  A group called INRIX rates congested areas and the 405 adjacent to UCLA has moved from #2 to #1 in the nation, outdoing the Long Island Expressway. That’s the afternoon.  The 405 coming south towards UCLA is #7 in the morning.See http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/uscorridors.asp (Thanks to Bette Billet for passing along this item of good cheer.) What happened to the good old days?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_pjb5_fgA&w=320&h=195] UPDATE: Sepulveda closed tonight and tomorrow night starting…

Just a reminder that bad things are soon to happen at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and the I-405 with various ramp closures, the first of which start June 22nd and continue for three months. From Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky:  …Similar ramp closures between two weeks and three months are also planned for the remaining six ramps.  The schedule for those ramp closures will be announced at a later date, but the contractor has to finish all of this work by next year. As many of you know, the Wilshire/405 interchange is where the nation’s busiest boulevard meets the nation’s busiest freeway….