transportation

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Stay Away from the 405 Tonight and Tomorrow Night

The northbound San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed overnight through the Sepulveda Pass tonight and Wednesday night so crews can re-stripe the roadway and move k-rail barriers. The northbound freeway will be closed between Moraga Drive and Ventura Boulevard, according to Metro, which is overseeing the freeway-widening project. Ramps will begin closing at around 7 p.m., followed by lane closures at 10 p.m. and the full freeway closure at midnight, continuing until 5 a.m… Full story at http://centurycity.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/northbound-405-freeway-to-close-overnight-through-sepulveda-pass

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Enjoy the Coming MLK 3-Day Weekend on the 405 Because the Next One Won’t Be So Nice

The road powers-that-be are warning that the Presidents’ Day weekend – as opposed to the upcoming Martin Luther King Day weekend – on the 405 near UCLA will be unpleasant: County, state and local transportation officials will warn motorists Tuesday that extended lane closures of the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass are planned over Presidents Day weekend. Metro officials are dubbing the planned 80-hour closures on the northbound 405 “Jamzilla” — not quite as serious as the two previous “Carmageddon” closures of the entire freeway, but a serious traffic issue nonetheless. The closures will take place Feb….

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Sunday Detour

Authorities will close the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway between Sunset and Wilshire boulevards in West Los Angeles for six hours Sunday morning while crews realign lanes to accommodate roadway widening and drainage work along the median, according to Metro.The full closure will run from midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday, but crews will begin closing freeway ramps in the affected area starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. They will start closing southbound lanes at 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Metro… Full story at centurycity.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/405-freeway-to-close-lanes-sunday-morning-centurycity Read the signs:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Uf4kc2aTk?feature=player_detailpage]

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Inconvenience

Motorists traveling south on the 405 Freeway through West Los Angeles will be made to take a short detour during an early morning five-hour full directional closure on Friday, Dec. 27. From midnight on Thursday, Dec. 26 to 5 am on Friday, Dec. 27, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to implement a full directional closure of the southbound 405 Freeway traffic between Santa Monica Boulevard and National Boulevard. The closures will facilitate the realignment of lanes to accommodate roadway widening and drainage work along the freeway median. Lanes will begin to close at 10 pm on…

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Closing

The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to implement a full directional closure of the Southbound I-405 between Santa Monica Boulevard and National Boulevard in West L.A. the night of Tuesday, December 17, from midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning, December 18.  The closures will facilitate the realignment of lanes to accommodate roadway widening and drainage work along the freeway median.  ·         Lanes will begin to close at 10 p.m.·         Southbound Sunset on-ramp closes at 7 p.m.·         Southbound Wilshire on-ramps close at 10 p.m.·         Southbound Santa Monica on-ramp closes at 10 p.m. Full article at http://centurycity.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/southbound-lanes-on-405-freeway-to-close-overnight-on-westside-centurycity Seems like we are always closing:

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Again

From Facilities Management: Northbound I-405 (all lanes) will be closed between Wilshire Boulevard and Moraga Drive from midnight until 5 am on the mornings of Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th. Southbound I-405 will remain open during this time. When: Midnight-5 am on Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th Where: I-405 Northbound between Wilshire and Moraga  And note that  the friendly folks on the 405 project often start blocking things as early as 10 pm.

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Three Open-and-Shut Events on the Late Night 405 Near UCLA

The San Diego (405) Freeway will undergo full directional closures in West Los Angeles this week to accommodate roadway widening work that is part of the ongoing Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project.  All southbound lanes will be closed between Sunset and Wilshire boulevards from midnight to 5 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Metro.  All northbound lanes will be closed between Santa Monica Boulevard and Moraga Drive from midnight to 5 a.m. Thursday, according to Metro.  Lanes will begin to close at 10 p.m. and ramps will close as early as 7 p.m. in advance of all three closures, according to…