SOUTHLAND : Ventura, Hollywood Freeways to Be Slow

The state Department of Transportation has announced that construction-related lane, ramp and connector road closures will continue this weekend on the Ventura and Hollywood freeways from Vineland to Haskell avenues. Caltrans advised motorists to avoid freeway travel in the vicinity of the Ventura and San Diego freeways throughout the weekend, and to instead use city streets such as Burbank and Ventura boulevards. The eastbound and westbound Vineland off-ramps to the Hollywood Freeway will be closed from 10 p.m. today to 5 a.m. Monday. From 11 tonight to 11 a.m. Saturday, the northbound San Diego Freeway connector to the westbound Ventura Freeway will be closed. From 11 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday, three connector roads will be closed--from the northbound San Diego Freeway to the westbound Ventura Freeway, from the westbound Ventura to the southbound San Diego, and from the eastbound Ventura to the northbound San Diego. On both nights, up to three westbound lanes on the Ventura Freeway will be closed between Van Nuys Boulevard and Haskell Avenue. The closings are part of a $61-million widening and resurfacing of the Hollywood and Ventura freeways from Universal City to Agoura Hills.