Traffic advisory: Expect partial closure along Harbor Drive in downtown
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Headed to the Embarcadero, Petco Park, the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park or the San Diego Convention Center this weekend? If so, you may want to plan ahead as a partial closure on Harbor Drive may impact traffic.
The reason for this partial closure is a sewer main project. Officials with the City of San Diego said crews are working to replace an old sewer pipe with a new, larger pipe.
The new main will replace the existing main that was installed back in 1941 and rehabilitated in 1979. The city said it will provide renewed infrastructure for the area to support additional and projected sewage flows.
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Construction is expected take place in the following four phases, according to the city:
— Phase No. 1: Performing geotechnical and subsurface investigations of the project alignment along Harbor Drive.
— Phase No. 2: Installing new sewer mains along Park Boulevard from Harbor Drive to Imperial Avenue and Imperial Avenue from Park Boulevard to 12th Avenue.
— Phase No. 3: Installing new sewer mains and steel carrier pipes under the railway crossings on Park Boulevard between Tony Gwynn Drive and Harbor Drive.
— Phase No. 4: Installing new sewer mains and steel carrier pipes along Harbor Drive between Park Boulevard and Beardsley Street.
With Phase No. 1, 2 and 3 currently in progress, motorists are encouraged to plan ahead and allow extra time for travel in the area, or find an alternative route altogether.
Traffic in both directions on Harbor Drive from Park Boulevard to Beardsley Street is reduced to one lane and the southside sidewalk is closed.
“Access for area businesses and residents will be maintained, but traffic delays are expected,” city officials noted in a press release on the matter. “Commuters are advised to use alternate routes around the construction area or use public transportation.”
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has several options that are just a short walk from the impacted area. This includes the 12th and Imperial Trolley Station with access to all three trolley lines and the Green Line Trolley’s Gaslamp Quarter Station, as well as several bus routes.
For more information on MTS services, visit the MTS trip planner.
Once Phase No. 4 begins, the city said all southbound vehicle and bicycle lanes will be closed to allow for tunneling operations. At that time, all traffic will be moved to the two northbound lanes, with one lane of shared vehicle and bicycle traffic in each direction. A timeline for this phase was not provided
More information on the sewer main project can be found here.
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