The City of Santa Clarita will begin a Traffic Circulation and Safety Improvement Project on Newhall Avenue on Monday, October 12. Work on the project will last from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and will include the removal of existing delineators and the construction of a landscaped median on Newhall Avenue.
Slated for completion in December, the Traffic Circulation and Safety Improvement Project will shift lanes on Newhall Avenue at Sierra Highway northerly to allow more room for eastbound buses to stop without impeding traffic flow. The project will also add pedestrian ramps and modify the intersection’s traffic signal to patch into the City’s Traffic Operations Center, Santa Clarita’s traffic hub.
“Because of its close proximity to the SR 14 freeway and Sierra Highway, this particular area of Newhall Avenue is heavily traveled by pedestrians, automobiles and buses,” said Mayor Frank Ferry. “The Traffic Circulation and Safety Improvement Project will help to streamline traffic flow and increase safety for all who travel through the intersection.”
The Traffic Circulation and Safety Improvement Project is one of the city's five American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded projects related to the Highway Infrastructure Program.
For more information on the City’s Traffic Circulation and Safety Improvement Project, contact Amalia Marreh, Assistant Engineer for the City’s Engineering and Capital Improvement Projects division, at (661) 255-4363, or visit santa-clarita.com.
