L Taraval Improvement Project Work Forecast December 5 - December 18, 2020

• Material delivery to Lower Great Highway staging site is planned for:
  • Monday December 7 on Lower Great Highway between Taraval and Santiago Street
• Pulling of the rails from Lower Great Highway is planned for:
  • Thursday, December 10 to Taraval Street and 41st Avenue
• Reconstruction of street base is planned for:
  • December 8 between 44th and 43rd Avenue, northside
• Continuation of waterline work is planned for:
  • December 7 between 44th and 43rd Avenue
• Concrete street base pour is planned for:
  • December 4 on the southside of Taraval Street between 45th and 44th Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Construction of accessible boarding platform is planned for:
  • December 7-11 and December 14-18 at Taraval Street and Sunset Boulevard
  • December 7-11 between 39th and 40th Avenue 
  • December 10 and December 14-18 between 44th and 45th Avenue
• Track replacement work is planned for: 
  • December 5, December 7-11 and December 14-18 between 43rd and 41st Avenue
• Construction of overhead contact system (OCS) is planned for:
  • December 8-9  and December 15-16 on 46th and 47th Avenue between Wawona and Vicente Street from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
• Removal of overhead contact system (OCS) wires is planned for:
  • December 10-11 and December 13-15 at the intersection of 46th Avenue and Taraval from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
• Replacement of the guy span wires is planned for:
  • December 17-18 between Sunset Boulevard and 40th Avenue from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Excavation requires jackhammering of the pavement. Dust control measures will be in place to prevent dust kick up from the work.

Heavy vibrations from the shoring and sheet piling work is expected for open trench work.

• Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday to Sunday 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. Hours subject to change based on construction needs. Please refer to project forecast for construction hours.
• Night work starting Sunday, December 6 to Thursday, December 18 from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Please refer to project forecast for indicated night work. 

Some parking will be temporarily restricted in construction zones and traffic lanes will be modified during active work.

On Monday, December 7 and Thursday, December 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Lower Great Highway between Taraval and Santiago Street will be temporarily closed for vehicular access and restricted from parking. The street will be reopened for vehicular traffic and parking when the work is complete. 

Since Tuesday, November 10, track replacement work has begun at the intersection of 46th Avenue and Taraval Street. For the track replacement work, the intersection of 46th Avenue and Taraval Street is closed to vehicular traffic at all hours until the work is complete---approximately one month. Signage will be in place to alert drivers to detour before they approach the intersection.

For track replacement work, traffic will be detoured at the intersections of 44th, 43rd, and 42th Avenue at all times of the day until track replacement work along these segments are complete. During active construction hours, parking on both sides of the blocks will be temporarily restricted to give the crew the safety clearance they need to demo and replace the aged tracks in the center of the road and allow eastbound/westbound vehicular traffic. Parking will be returned at the end of each work day along the impacted blocks.