Date: September 13, 2013
District: 4 - Oakland
Contact: Allyn Amsk
Phone: 510/286-5445
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor
Mobility Project
Construction for Active Traffic
Management Contract
Alameda County/Contra Costa County – Construction has begun for the Active Traffic
Management contract for the Interstate 80 (I-80) Integrated Corridor Mobility
(ICM) Project. The contractor has currently restriped eastbound and westbound
I-80 at several locations between Powell Street in Emeryville and Potrero
Avenue in El Cerrito. Portable
Changeable Message Signs are being used to alert motorists of “Lane Shift
Ahead” areas. Traffic lanes have been
shifted to the right to allow the contractor to work in the median to begin
foundation work for electronic, informational signs that will be installed next
year.
In the weeks ahead the contractor will be working
at many locations on I-80 between Emeryville and Crockett. Please be alert for construction workers, drive cautiously through the construction
zone and leave a safe traveling distance between your vehicle and the vehicle
ahead of you. Please remember to “Slow
for the Cone Zone.”
Construction
continues for the Adaptive Ramp Metering contract for the I-80 ICM project.
Caltrans has scheduled the following closures:
- Westbound I-80 Ashby Avenue
on-ramp on Tuesday, September 24 through Thursday, September 26, from 9
p.m. to 5 a.m.
- Westbound I-80 University Avenue
on-ramp on Tuesday, September 24, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The
I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility project will provide safety
improvements for the traveling public; mobility and efficiency during commute
hours; automated, integrated technology to manage traffic efficiently; real-time
traffic information for travelers; with tax dollars funding SMART solutions.
Follow us on Twitter @CaltransD4. Follow the project at #80ICM.
For more information, please visit the webpage at http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/projects/80icm/
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