Loud work coming on 405 project

If you plan to be around the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and the 405 on Monday, June 28, you might want to pack some extra-large earplugs. And hang on to them for nine days.

Workers on the Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, which is adding a 10-mile northbound carpool lane to the freeway, on Monday will start driving steel piles into the earth to support what will eventually be a new offramp and onramp from the 405.

The work will take place during the daytime from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with three days allotted to driving each of three steel piles. No work will take place from July 3 to July 5.

“It will be noisy,” says Kasey Shuda of Metro’s community relations, advising people to stay away from the area if they can.

Metro’s complete notice on the work, including sidewalk closures, is here.

Posted 6/24/10