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From the Westwood-Century City Patch: Starting Friday night, a mile-long section of the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed in West Los Angeles overnight this weekend to accommodate work needed to widen the freeway, a Metro spokesman said. Northbound lanes will be closed from the Santa Monica (10) Freeway to the Olympic Boulevard exit starting about 11 p.m. and reopened about 6 a.m., according to Metro, which is managing the project aimed at adding a northbound carpool lane. On Saturday, crews will start closing lanes about the same time as Friday, but the freeway will reopen about 7…

If you are waiting to beat the traffic on the subway to reach UCLA, be prepared for a long wait.  The 9.4-mile transit project known as the Westside Subway Extension, the Measure R-approved connector from downtown Los Angeles to the Veterans Medical Center in West L.A., was rebranded by Metro as the Purple Line Extension… Construction on the second phase is scheduled to begin in 2019 and will bring a subway station to Wilshire Boulevard at Rodeo Drive by 2026. The third phase is set to begin in 2025 and will see stations built at UCLA in Westwood and the…

A major nighttime freeway closure is scheduled on the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass Monday night, Caltrans officials said. Southbound 405 traffic from the San Fernando Valley into the Westside will be diverted late tonight and Tuesday morning as major work is under way to build the second half of the Mulholland Drive bridge. Metro officials said. Onramps and transition roads to the southbound 405 in the south end of the Valley will start closing at 7 p.m. Monday. Freeway lanes will begin to shut down at 10 p.m., and all 405 southbound traffic will be blocked…

Basically, getting to UCLA from 5 am until a little after 2 pm on Sunday could be a hassle. A timetable of street closures is at:http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/03/los_angeles_marathon_rout.php

We might as well provide a pretty picture but the real news is: Southbound Sepulveda Boulevard at Constitution Avenue will be reduced to one lane beginning Wednesday.  The closure will affect commuters between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. through Friday while traffic signal reconfiguration is completed at Constitution Avenue, according to a Metro construction notice… Source: http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/sepulveda-closure-could-snarl-westside-traffic

Despite the picture, the ramp will be down, not up. Which ramp?On Friday, March 8, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project will begin demolishing the third of eight ramps joining Wilshire Bl and the I-405 freeway. This time the southbound I-405 ramp to westbound Wilshire will be rebuilt. The ramp will be closed beginning March 8 at 8pm. The contractor anticipates reopening the new ramp by 6am, Friday March 22. Reconstruction of all eight Wilshire ramps is expected to be complete by the end of 2013… Source:http://www.metro.net/projects/I-405/wilshire-ramps-reconstruction/

EMERGENCY OUTAGE NOTIFICATION! *****DESCRIPTION: What: Sepulveda Closure at Mulholland When: Currently Ongoing until midnight Impacts:  Sepulveda Blvd is closed in both directions at Mulholland due to police activity in that area. Mitigation: Please use either the 405 (joke, right?), Beverly Glen, or canyons further east. Thank God it’s not Friday.  Or maybe it is:*  *If you are too young to get the pun, ask an elder. UPDATE: Apparently Friday caught the culprits because Sepulveda is now reported as reopened.

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It could be worse. Coldwater Canyon is being closed starting March 23 for about 28 days.  Some commuters to UCLA may use Coldwater Canyon and will be directly affected.  But even for those who don’t use that route, it means more traffic will be pushed to Sepulveda and to the 405. From the Westwood-Century City Patch: COLDWATER CANYON BOULEVARD CLOSURE Begins March 23, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday Starting March 23, 2013, Coldwater will be completely closed to through traffic from Ventura Boulevard to Mulholland Drive for approximately 28 days. In anticipation…

Beginning Friday night, March 1, 2013, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Project will reduce the northbound I-405 from five lanes to two between Montana Avenue and the Getty Center Dr off-ramp in West Los Angeles. On-ramps within the 2.4-mile reduction area will also be closed during the 55-hour weekend event.  Motorists are advised to anticipate delays. There will be several late-night full closures of the northbound lanes.  The southbound I-405 will remain open and northbound Sepulveda Blvd. will remain fully operational with two lanes throughout the reduction. Westbound Wilshire Blvd. to northbound Sepulveda Blvd. may be used as an alternative route to…