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Traffic Detours as Venice Boulevard Underpass Work Begins this Week

The work is part of the Phase 2 project of the Expo Line. Stage one is the relocation of the existing sewer line along Venice Boulevard in Culver City and will take approximately four months.

Balfour Beatty, the Expo contractor for the Venice Boulevard Underpass segment of the Phase 2 Expo Line Project from Culver City to Santa Monica, will begin construction this week at the Venice Boulevard right-of-way between Culver Boulevard and Helms Avenue.

The VBU project will include utility relocations, construction of the light rail aerial structure over Venice Boulevard and the widening of Venice Boulevard. The entire project is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete and will be constructed in stages.

According to a release from Culver City City Manager John Nachbar, due to the project’s complexities, each stage will have different work hours, with some work being done at night and in the early morning hours.  Each stage may also require different traffic control measures, which will include lane closures, traffic diversions and detours. 

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The traffic control measures will impact traffic on Washington, National, Robertson and Culver boulevards and surrounding local streets. 

The initial stage of construction will be the relocation of an existing sewer main line in the Venice ROW to allow the construction of the aerial structure columns. This work will last approximately 4 months and will be done primarily overnight from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. During this stage the proposed nightly traffic control will be as follows:

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  • Westbound Venice Boulevard will be reduced to a single lane between Ivy Street (two blocks east of National Boulevard) and Culver Boulevard
  • Eastbound Venice Boulevard will be narrowed to two through-lanes between Durango Avenue (one block west of Culver Boulevard) and Robertson Boulevard, and eastbound left-turns to northbound Robertson Boulevard will be reduced to 1 shortened single lane
  • Left-turns from northbound Robertson to westbound Venice Boulevard will be prohibited, and
  • Washington Boulevard to Culver Boulevard and back to Venice Boulevard will be identified as an alternative route to westbound Venice Boulevard during the construction times.

Balfour Beatty will provide notice through Changeable Message Signs placed throughout the impacted area; hand-delivered written notices to the surrounding community; and e-mail notices. 

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