Final Striping on Highway 1 to Result in Two Overnight Ramp and Lane Closures Between Soquel Dr. and 41st Avenue
Construction on a project to add north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements on Highway 1 between the 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive interchanges and to aid in construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing at Chanticleer Avenue will continue next week.
For the week of April 21, travelers will encounter overnight lane closures of north and southbound Hwy. 1 and closures of the on and offramps of Hwy. 1 at Soquel Drive and 41st Ave. One lane of travel in each direction will remain open during this overnight work.
On Monday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 22
Alternating closures of a single lane of northbound Hwy. 1 will take place from 7:30 pm to 5 am and alternating closures of one southbound lane will take place from 7:30 pm to 6 am.
Intermittent closures of the on and off-ramps on Hwy. 1 at Soquel Dr. and 41st Ave. will take place northbound from 7 pm to 5 am, and in the southbound direction from 7:30 pm to 6 am.
On Wednesday, April 23
Additionally, there will be a daytime ramp closure of the northbound Soquel offramp of Hwy. 1 on Wednesday, April 23 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Please allow extra time traveling through the area.
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) recently announced the opening of the new north and southbound auxiliary lanes between the 41st Avenue and Soquel Avenue/Drive interchanges, which mark a major milestone in the Watsonville to Santa Cruz Multimodal Corridor Program. See the RTC’s announcement at this link: https://www.sccrtc.org/new-auxiliary-lanes-now-open-on-highway-1-auxiliary-lane-and-bus-on-shoulder-project-between-41st-avenue-and-soquel-avenue-drive/
Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram at: Caltrans_D5.
Our crews deserve to get home safely too. Drive slowly and carefully in work zones.
