COMPLETION DATES IN SIGHT FOR CAR-POOL LANE PROJECTS.Byline: Carolyn R. Saraspi Daily News Staff Writer Work to add car-pool lanes on the Ronald Reagan (118) and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. (405) freeways in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. is winding to a close. About 12 miles of car-pool lanes on the Ronald Reagan Freeway are scheduled to open to traffic in September, said Caltrans spokeswoman Pat Reid. The $22.3 million project will create an additional lane in both directions between the Rocky Peak Rocky Peak is the name of the 3rd highest point in the Santa Susana Mountains, which overlook both Chatsworth and Simi Valley, in Southern California. The peak, which is 2,714 feet above sea level, sits on the Los Angeles County/Ventura County line. Road exit and the junction to the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , Reid said. Crews are also continuing to widen a 10-mile stretch of the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. to make way for northbound and southbound car-pool lanes. The $15 million San Diego Freeway project will relieve congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. between the Ventura Boulevard undercrossing and the split to the Golden State Freeway, Reid said. Car-pool lanes on the 405 are scheduled for completion in November. The projects, which began in 1994, are part the High Occupancy Vehicle Program, an effort aimed at reducing freeway congestion, said Ron Klusza, coordinator for the operation of the program. There are more than 60 such projects under construction in Los Angeles, he said. The car-pool lanes are added along the freeway medians, adjacent to the asphalt shoulder, Klusza said. Crews will place sound and retaining walls along the San Diego Freeway between the Roscoe Boulevard and Sherman Way exits. The new lanes will be reserved for motorcycles and vehicles carrying two or more passengers, officials said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Twelve miles of car-pool lanes are being constructed along the Ronald Reagan Freeway. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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