Stockton: Prepárese para 2 años de construcción en I-5

COMMUTERS THIS MORNING. AND GOOD MORNING. AND SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE DRIVING RIGHT BETWEEN EIGHT MILE ROAD AND HAMMER LANE. AND THIS IS THE STRETCH OF ROAD WHERE THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING TO START HERE, OR AT LEAST EXPECTED TO START THIS WEEK. RIGHT NOW, TRAFFIC MOVING PRETTY FREELY ON BOTH SIDES OF I-5 FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE THROUGH THIS STRETCH. BUT TAKE A LOOK, BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NICKNAMED THE I-5 ANCHOR PAVEMENT PROJECT, BUT FORMERLY CALLED THE I-5 ANCHOR PAVEMENT REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WHAT IT IS IS $123 MILLION PROJECT. AGAIN FROM HAMMER LANE ALL THE WAY TO THE SACRAMENTO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY LINE. EVENTUALLY. IN SHORT, THIS PROJECT GOING TO IMPROVE 34 MILES OF EXISTING PAVEMENT, INSTALL SOME NEW LIGHTING AND THE OFF AND ON RAMPS AND INSTALL SOME NEW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVICES AND DETECTORS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THIS STRETCH OF I-5 THROUGH STOCKTON AVERAGES UPWARDS OF 75,000 VEHICLES A DAY. SO COME BACK OUT HERE LIVE. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHETHER YOU’RE NORTHBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND AS A DRIVER HERE ON THIS STRETCH, ONCE THIS PROJECT BEGINS, IS THERE WILL BE LANE SHIFTS AND THOSE LANES WILL ACTUALLY SHIFT EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS PROJECT. JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. IF YOU’RE DRIVING I-5 NORTH OF STOCKTON HERE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BECAUSE THE COMPLETION, ACCORDING TO CALTRANS, SET FOR SEPTEMBER. OF 2026. LIVE IN LIVE TRACKER THREE THIS MORNING ON I-5 MIKE TESELLE. BACK TO YOU, MIKE. THANKS SO MUCH. CALTRANS ALSO WARNING DRIVERS THAT THERE WILL BE SEVERAL FULL CLOSUR