Skidrow Studios host Eddie Solis invited a couple guests from Metro’s media staff, including yours truly, for the 60th episode of “Los Angeles Nista,” an Internet radio program produced in Downtown L.A. covering history, culture, music, art, and the “car-free” lifestyle. The show was recorded last week and covers a [continue reading]
The 101 connector to northbound I-405 will be closed this Saturday night for work to be done on the Mulholland Bridge. Here’s the press release from Metro: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor will be removing the falsework on the Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass on Saturday, August 24. [continue reading]
Just a reminder that the Northbound I-405 freeway will be closed this Saturday night, August 24 from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday to enable the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor to complete removing the steel supports needed to build the new Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass. Metro’s contractor [continue reading]
With the Orange County’s “Bridge Bash” scheduled this weekend, don’t forget the I-405 Project’s Southbound freeway closure through the Sepulveda Pass scheduled Saturday night, Aug. 17. Three lanes of the northbound freeway also will be closed. Another directional closure is also planned the following Saturday as well. Here’s the construction [continue reading]
Ramp Jam on the 405 continues with a 90-day closure of the eastbound Wilshire on-ramp starting Thursday, August 22. Here’s the press release from Metro: Rebuilt On-Ramp to have Nearly 300% Greater Capacity The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to begin a 90-day closure of the eastbound [continue reading]
The southbound Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) off-ramp at Pioneer Boulevard/Imperial Highway will be closed beginning Thursday, August 15 at 8 a.m. due to a ramp re-vamp. The ramp will remain fully closed for eight months (through April 2014). Motorists will have access to off-ramps at: -Lakewood/Rosecrans -Florence Ave. -San [continue reading]
The bike path that runs to the west of the I-405, from Constitution Avenue to Waterford Street, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting Thursday, August 8 through Wednesday, August 14. Closure is required to conduct slope grading between the bike path and freeway retaining wall. Cyclists [continue reading]
UPDATE: The 405 project team says the Sunset Boulevard off-ramp from the 405 will close at 8 p.m., not 7 p.m. as we originally posted. A lot happening on the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project beginning tonight. It boils down to this: •A 120-day closure of the Sunset Boulevard off-ramp [continue reading]
The I-405 project is set to do some major ramp construction work at Sunset and the I-405 that will require the closure of Sunset off-ramp for 120 days. See news release below. Northbound I-405 Off-ramp to Sunset Boulevard to close for 120 Days Starting Aug. 2 The I-405 Sepulveda Pass [continue reading]
June Board meeting agenda The Metro Board of Directors meeting on Thursday should be both interesting and longer than a cold winter’s night with a broken furnace and no firewood, matches or a blanket. The Board has a lot on its collective plate, including several items that taken together will [continue reading]
