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Caltrans has once again canceled its plans to close a portion of southbound Interstate 680 southbound between Pleasanton and Sunol over the upcoming holiday weekend because of the predicted rain, according to the transportation agency.
According to the National Weather Service, it is expected to rain from Friday night well into Monday, which is when the closure was supposed to take place.
This is the second time the agency has had to reschedule the road repair work because of rain in the last two months — the last time it was supposed to carry out the closure was during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
“The public will be notified of the new closure date well in advance,” Caltrans stated in a press release on Tuesday. “All closures are dependent on circumstances such as rain.”
Originally, Caltrans was going to fully close the portion of the freeway from Friday night to Tuesday morning between the I-580 connector in Pleasanton and Dublin down to Koopman Road in Sunol.
The goal was to help rehabilitate that stretch of pavement an entire year ahead of schedule by replacing a portion of the existing deteriorated roadway with new pavement. With the additional day from the holiday weekend, the department would have been able to accomplish the amount of work overall that would have otherwise required nearly two months worth of nightly closures.
Janis Mara, spokesperson for Caltrans District 4, told the Weekly that there is no early indication as to when exactly the agency plans to reschedule the closure but that there should be more information in the next few weeks.
