Traffic & Transit
Westbound I-10 Lanes, Ramps To Close Between Cabazon, Beaumont
Two of the four westbound lanes are scheduled to be closed between Main Street in Cabazon and Eighth Street in Banning, Caltrans said.
CABAZON, CA — Motorists traveling westbound at night on Interstate 10 between Beaumont and Cabazon may encounter additional inconveniences again starting Monday evening due to the scheduled closure of lanes and ramps, depending on if it rains or not.
Two of the four westbound lanes are scheduled to be unaccessible from 7 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. between Main Street in Cabazon and Eighth Street in Banning while crews install protective barriers through Friday, according to Caltrans.
At the same time, several ramps and lanes could close in the same direction from Main Street in Cabazon to Beaumont Avenue in Beaumont while crews finish striping the roadway in preparation for the future creation of temporary crossover lanes.
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Work is subject to be postponed depending on weather conditions, according to Caltrans.
The work is a part of the I-10 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, dubbed the I-10 Tune-Up, a three-phase, $210 million construction project spanning nearly 20 miles from Pennsylvania Avenue in Beaumont to the Highway 111 interchange in Palm Springs.
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Work is scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2022.
Daytime work is also set to start again Monday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Cabazon and Banning until Saturday while crews excavate portions of roadway. No closures are scheduled during that time.
The I-10 Tune-Up includes the replacement of guardrails, repaving lanes Nos. 3 and 4, replacing slabs in lanes Nos. 1 and 2 and upgrading various on- and off-ramps to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The $210 million project is predominately funded by the so-called state "gas tax" and the remainder through federal funds, as well as a sliver of additional state funding, according to Caltrans.
Temporary crossover lanes will be constructed at times to allow for crews to work behind barriers in the middle of the roadway, which will include thinner-than-traditional lane widths. The speed limit will be reduced to 60 miles per hour.
– City News Service
