Community Corner
Closed PCH Lane in the Palisades to Open by End of September
There will be late-night and early-morning lane closures on Santa Monica's portion of the highway through early 2012.
Traveling to Malibu and Santa Monica will soon get easier. The city of Los Angeles recently announced the closed lane of southbound Pacific Coast Highway from Temescal Canyon Road to Entrada Drive would reopen by the end of September.
After that lane opens, PCH lanes in Santa Monica from Entrada to the Annenberg Community Beach House will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. through early next year, said Michelle Vargas, public information officer for the Los Angeles Department of Public Works. One lane in each direction will be open during this time.
The lane closures are due to the construction of a 4,500-foot gravity relief sewer that will stretch from in Pacific Palisades to the city of Santa Monica. It will capture storm water headed toward the Santa Monica Bay that is not taken in by the existing Coastal Interceptor Sewer.
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The southbound stretch of PCH has been closed all hours since June except during the 405 closure in mid-July. The lane was supposed to reopen in August. Vargas said the work stoppage during what was popularly known as Carmageddon was a factor in the PCH lane not being able to reopen by August.
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