I-5 Empire Project, April 5-10, 2015

• Leland Way Channel Cap: Concrete pour for soundwalls and drilling. Flaggers will be on site to ensure street and driveway access at all times.
• Empire Avenue Interchange/Undercrossing:  Through the end of April, crews are installing metal plates and beams for shoring on the southbound I-5 shoulder near the old San Fernando tunnel.  The work is necessary to construct the new Empire Avenue interchange.  Beginning the week of April 6, the operation will switch to daytime hours.  Residents may notice some noise and/or vibration while this work is underway.
• Lincoln Street/Victory Place Improvements:  Signal work.  Lincoln Street is now OPEN at Victory Street.
• Temporary Railroad Tracks: Drilling and installation of metal plates for the shoring wall needed for the temporary tracks by Empire Avenue.  There may be some noise and vibration during both night and daytime hours associated with this work.
• Retaining Wall/Soundwall Work (excavation, concrete pours, crushing): Work will occur at the following locations:
  • Near the southbound I-5 Empire Avenue on- and off-ramps
  • Old Southbound Scott Road off-ramp
  • South of Buena Vista Street
  • On Buena Vista Street between Winona Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard (abutment wall)
  • Southbound I-5 Buena Vista on ramp
• Concrete Recycling: Crushing of concrete near the old Scott Road off-ramp (day and night work).
• I-5 Striping:  Striping of I-5 (both directions) between Burbank Boulevard and Buena Vista Street (night work).

CLOSURES AND DETOURS

• Left-turn pocket from Victory Place to Empire Avenue remains closed.  See this page for more information.
• Two lanes of northbound Buena Vista Street between Winona Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
• Intermittent daytime closures of one lane northbound Buena Vista Street between Winona Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard.
• Up to three lanes of northbound and southbound I-5 between Burbank Boulevard and Buena Vista Street will be closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Closures will not be implemented in both directions simultaneously. At least one lane will remain open when other lanes are closed. The most restrictive closures (i.e., the most lanes closed) will occur between midnight and 4 a.m.