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Construction creates heavy traffic on 405 Freeway
Multiple lanes of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass are closed as Caltrans began road improvements Friday night.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - All lanes of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass are set to reopen at 5 a.m. Monday following weekend closures to accommodate Caltrans road improvements.
The closures -- begun at 10 p.m. Friday -- had originally been scheduled for two weeks ago, but were moved to this weekend as part of the $143.7 million, I-405 Pavement Rehabilitation Project between Van Nuys and Westwood. Caltrans did not give a reason for the change.
Three lanes in each direction were closed, along with occasional on- ramp closures that snarled traffic in the Westwood and West Los Angeles area, even on a weekend.
According to Caltrans, "Extended weekend lane closures will occur about every two weeks along various sections of I-405 for approximately 25 weekends."