Traffic Stoppages On Avenida La Pata Tuesday

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA —Slight delays are possible on your way to Ortega Highway Tuesday afternoon as continued work on Avenida La Pata stops traffic for 10 minutes at a time.

OC Public Works contractor crews will perform a series of temporary traffic stoppages (each approximately 10-mins. in duration) at specific locations on Avenida La Pata in order to install overhead utility wires above the roadway until approximately 3:30 p.m. Tuesday they said.

Traffic control devices (signs, flag personnel “flaggers”, pilot trucks, etc.) will be placed in these specific locations to alert drivers to temporarily stop and ensure the safety of the public and project crews.

Traffic will be intermittently stopped and will be relieved as needed to accommodate traffic stacking according to San Juan Capistrano Public Works.

"These brief traffic stoppages will be active for the day and are necessary for crews to complete the road widening improvements as quickly and safely as possible," SJC Public Works officers said.