Local News in Brief : Freeway Repaving Set
Work crews will begin putting down a new layer of asphalt next month on a fast-deteriorating section of the Ventura Freeway west of Woodland Hills in the second major project to start this year on the thoroughfare, officials said Wednesday.
The $13-million project includes adding five inches of asphalt to all freeway lanes between Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas and Hampshire Road in Thousand Oaks. All paving will be done at night or on weekends, state Department of Transportation officials said.
In February, work began on widening the Ventura Freeway to eight lanes in Woodland Hills between Valley Circle and Topanga Canyon boulevards. The $18.3-million, 16-month project includes adding a fifth westbound lane between White Oak Avenue and Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
The Calabasas-to-Thousand Oaks project is expected to be finished by next March by contractor Kiewit-Pacific Co. of Vancouver, Wash.
Another Ventura Freeway project--scheduled to begin in March and take two years, calls for the freeway to be widened to 10 lanes between the Hollywood Freeway and Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
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