COME July 16, the estimated 500,000 motorists who travel Sepulveda Pass between the Valley and the Westside during weekends may find the popular freeway and surrounding surface streets more congested than usual.
The northbound 405 between the 10 and 101 freeways, and southbound lanes from the 101 to Getty Center Drive will be closed starting on midnight, Friday, July 15 as a section of the Mulholland bridge is removed. The bridge dismantlement is part of the ongoing 405 widening project.
Predicting a traffic nightmare, some motorists have already marked their calendars for the closure, and plan to stay clear of the impacted area all weekend long.
Drivers who choose to commute during this weekend are sure to be planning alternate routes - an action that transit authorities say may add to the gridlock around the area as motorists flood the obvious north-south alternatives like Coldwater Canyon, Laurel Canyon and Sepulveda boulevards. Instead, officials are suggesting drivers use other freeways, including the 5, 23, 110, 134 and 710.
The 10-mile stretch will reopen 5 a.m. July 18.
What do you think?
How will you cope with getting around during the 405 Freeway's partial closure, if at all? Public transportation? Biking? Walking?
Or maybe you plan to hunker down in
the homestead for the entire weekend, and leave the crowded roads to the hapless out-of-towners?For those drivers who choose to - or are required to - brave the potential gridlock, what are the best alternative routes?
Send your responses to opinionated@dailynews.com. Please include your full name, the community or city in which you live and a daytime phone number. We'll print as many as we can in Sunday's Opinionated section.
Source: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18218798?source=rss
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