transportation

Motorists navigating through Sepulveda Pass will have even less room to maneuver this week, as Sepulveda Boulevard is severely crimped next to the San Diego (405) Freeway.  Contractors working on the more than $1 billion freeway reconstruction and widening effort need to regrade Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane, the stretch of road generally north of the Veterans’ Cemetery and below the Sunset Boulevard overpass…  Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and lasting for seven days, Sepulveda Boulevard will lose half its capacity as workers limit it to just one lane in each direction.  And even those remaining two…

The Westwood-Century City Patch lists road closings and obstructions in the UCLA area today related to the 405 project: ===  Sepulveda Bl reduced to one lane each direction near Constitution. Sepulveda Bl reduced near Constitution. Sepulveda Bl reduced near Cashmere St (east of Sepulveda Bl). Sepulveda Bl reduced from Bronwood to Church, 6 am to 2:30 pm. Sepulveda Bl reduced from Moraga to Church and near Ovada. Sepulveda Bl reduced to one lane each direction from Montana to Church. Homedale fully closed from Sepulveda Bl to Thurston, 6 am to 2:30 pm. Ovada fully closed from Sepulveda Bl to Acanto. Sepulveda…

Traffic Notice Full Closure   Description What: Full closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Church Lane/Ovada Place When: 10pm – 6am on the nights of Wednesday, November 14th; Thursday, November 15th; and Friday, November 16th Where: Sepulveda Boulevard between Wilshire and Church/Ovada Impacts: Sepulveda Boulevard will be closed in both directions. The I-405 off-ramp at Montana will be closed from 7pm until 6am each of these nights.==== Mitigation: Southbound Sepulveda traffic will be detoured to SB Church to EB Sunset to SB Veteran to WB Wilshire to SB Sepulveda. Northbound Sepulveda traffic will be detoured to EB Wilshire…

The I-405 construction project around Westwood and the Sepulveda Pass has been causing traffic problems around UCLA for some time.  Now comes a report in the LA Daily News that the project is six months behind schedule.You can find the story at:http://www.dailynews.com/ci_21935639/faster-405-campaign-launches-speed-405-car-poolWell, we have time…[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22CiKMPpaY?feature=player_detailpage]

There will be a closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane/Ovada Street  beginning Friday, November 2, at 9 pm until Monday at 6 am.  The Montana Avenue off-ramp from the I-405 north will also be closed from 7 pm Friday until Monday at 6 am. It’s trouble for those who want to get home late or during the weekend: And by the way, those AMs and PMs get modified half way through the weekend:  

If you are a night traveler to or from UCLA, keep in mind the following notice that is circulating on email: Please note the COMPLETE closure of Wilshire Blvd. from Veteran Ave. to Sepulveda Blvd. (east and west bound) nightly from 10 pm until 6 am beginning  TONIGHT through Saturday 10/20/12 at 6 am. (I presume this means through Sunday morning.)  I-405 on and off ramps at Wilshire also shut during this period.  Santa Monica and Sunset Blvds. remain open.

The LAPD has an updated list of streets from which to stay away during the Obama visit today and tomorrow in the UCLA and Westside areas: From 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday: — Pico Boulevard between Overland Avenue and Beverly Drive — Avenue of the Stars between Olympic and Sunset boulevards — Sunset Boulevard between Beverly Glen Boulevard and Doheny Drive From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: — Sunset Boulevard between Beverly Glen Boulevard and Doheny Drive — North Whittier Drive between Sunset and Santa Monica boulevards From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday: — Avenue of the…