405 project questions? Ask away

If the prospect of three years of construction on the 405 Freeway has you concerned, curious, or both, here’s a chance to get some answers about the project directly from the man in charge.

Metro’s Mike Barbour, who’s heading up the effort to build a 10-mile northbound carpool lane through the Sepulveda Pass, will be answering questions during an online chat on Wednesday, May 26 from noon to 1 p.m.

The session is called “Living with the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project.” Metro asks that you submit your questions in advance, and says queries under 300 characters will get priority during the session.

Full information on the session is here, along with a project overview in which Barbour says that widening and improving the freeway—one of the nation’s busiest—is as “challenging as performing heart surgery on a patient while she runs a marathon.” The job’s expected to be completed by 2013.

Posted 5-17-10