Highway 17 Set for Overnight Lane Closures for Culvert Repairs with Additional Closures at Vine Hill Road
A project to replace a deteriorating culvert under Highway 17 at a location 1.5 miles north of Scotts Valley will result in overnight lane closures. Starting Sunday June 9, travelers on Highway 17 near Vine Hill Rd. will encounter the intermittent closure of one lane of travel in each direction from 8 pm to 5 am.
These overnight lane closures are scheduled to continue through July 15. In upcoming weeks, overnight closures are programmed on a Sunday through Thursday schedule from 8 pm to 5 am with no overnight lane closures on Friday or Saturday nights.
In addition to intermittent overnight lane closures on Highway 17, access to Vine Hill Rd. from Highway 17 will be limited during overnight construction hours. During overnight work hours, travelers on southbound Highway 17 will not be able to turn left on to Vine Hill Rd. Southbound travelers will instead continue south on Highway 17 to the Granite Creek Rd. offramp and then head north to Branciforte Dr.
This work will also affect local traffic. During overnight work hours, travelers intending to enter southbound Highway 17 from Vine Hill Rd. will detour by taking northbound Highway 17 to the Sugarloaf Rd. exit and return to southbound Highway 17 via the Sugarloaf Rd. onramp.
The project work area will be located on Highway 17 between the concrete median barriers at Vine Hill Rd. and lane closures will be in effect one half mile north and south of Vine Hill Rd. During all construction hours, emergency vehicles will be able to travel through the project area.
CHP will be on site to assist with traffic control.
Message and directional signs will be in place to alert travelers.
This project will remove a deteriorating corrugated steel pipe culvert and replace it with a 24-inch culvert which will avoid degradation of the roadway subsurface and reduce the potential for the creation of a sinkhole.
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.
