#CARMAGEDDON 2 405 FREEWAY DRIVERS#

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#CARMAGEDDON 2 405 FREEWAY DRIVERS#

“We don’t want drivers to become complacent and think that the coast is clear and they can get on the freeway because it is a cake walk,” said Sotero. The $1-billion dollar Sepulveda Pass Improvement Project, which is supposed to take 53 hours, will wrap up Monday morning at 5 a.m., just in time for the morning commute.Īlthough gridlock never materialized last year for Carmageddon I, authorities are concerned that drivers will not heed the repeated warnings, and travel over the weekend-causing the catastrophic problems that were predicted last year. “When it is done it will be the longest continuous carpool lane in the country, if not the world.”

“It is the last part of the 405 that doesn’t have a carpool lane,” said Sotero. Once it is finished, the 70-mile carpool lane will stretch from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley. Besides clearing storm drains, installing new raised pavement markers, and removing graffiti, part of the plan is to widen the freeway to make room for a northbound carpool lane through the Sepulveda Pass over the Santa Monica Mountains. Starting Friday evening, a small cadre of construction workers will begin the task of tearing down and rebuilding the north side of the 80-foot-tall Mulholland Bridge. “I think there is a general consensus that there will be more traffic congestion, but how bad it will be is anyone’s guess,” said Metro spokesman Dave Sotero. The big question is, will this year’s Carmageddon II, finally live up to its apocalyptic name? Transportation and law enforcement officials are gearing up once again for this weekend’s closure of a 10-mile stretch in Los Angeles of Interstate 405, the nation’s most congested freeway, for the second time in 14 months.

Carmageddon 2 405 freeway