California Department of Transportation : (12-29-16) Paving Projects Continue Next Week on US-101/State Route 154

Today's Date: Thursday, December 29, 2016 District: 05 - Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Jim Shivers or Colin Jones Phone: [phone] or 549-3189 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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STATE ROUTE 154/US 101 RESURFACING PROJECTS CONTINUE NEXT WEEK WITH DAYTIME/OVERNIGHT LANE CLOSURES SANTA BARBARA COUNTY - Caltrans will continue a pavement preservation project on 17 miles of State Route 154 in various locations next week from west of Edison Street to the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge. Motorists may encounter one-way reversing traffic control on State Route 154 as follows, weather permitting:

• Tuesday, Jan. 3 through Thursday, Jan. 5 from 8 am until 4 pm for paving.

• Tuesday, Jan. 3 through Friday morning Jan. 6 from 7:30 pm until 5:30 am for paving.

• Friday, Jan. 6 from 8 am until 12 noon for paving.

  The resurfacing of a nine-mile section of US Highway 101 from Hollister Road to Refugio Road will continue next week as follows, weather permitting:

• Motorists will encounter moving lane closures in both directions of US 101 on Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 6 am until 5 pm for striping. Motorists can expect traffic delays not to exceed 15 minutes.

The contractor for the $4.7 million project on US 101 is Granite Construction of Santa Barbara, CA. This project is expected to be complete in January 2017.

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The contractor for the $11 million project on State Route 154 is CalPortland of Santa Maria, CA. It is scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2017.

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones.

For traffic updates on other state highways in Santa Barbara County, motorists can call Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at [phone] or visit the District 5 website at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/road_information.htm

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