Highway construction update: May 14 – May 27

Construction crews finished paving and stripping the Olive Mill Roundabout project on Wednesday, May 17; construction in the area will now move to the northwest and northeast corners by North Jameson Lane, Olive Mill Road and Coast Village Road.

Closures continue along the Highway 101 project. On the northbound side, Sunday nights between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., one lane between Santa Monica Road and Sheffield Drive is closed; that same area is closed Mondays through Thursdays, 8 p.m. – 5 a.m.

The on-ramp at South Padaro/Santa Claus Lane remains closed until late August. The off-ramp at North Padaro Lane will be closed until mid-June, the on-ramp at San Ysidro until early 2025 and the off-ramp at Olive Mill Road for up to seven months.

On the southbound side, one lane between Sheffield Drive and Carpinteria Avenue, as well as the on-ramp at North Padaro Lane, is closed Sunday nights, 10 p.m. – 7 a.m. Those same areas are closed Mondays through Thursdays, 9 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.

The on-ramp at Olive Mill Road will be closed May 22, 3 a.m. – 7 p.m.; the off-ramp at North Padaro Lane, from May 22–25, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.; and the off-ramp at Carpinteria Avenue, from May 15-18, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., and May 17, from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.

On Carpinteria Avenue from Estero Street to Highway 101, construction crews are directing traffic while paving occurs on Carpinteria Avenue. During the week of May 22, flaggers will also direct traffic between Ortega Hill Road and the northbound off-ramp at Sheffield Drive, for vegetation removal and fencing installation.

Consecutive ramps going in the same direction will not be closed at the same time unless otherwise noted. Se more at SBROADS.com.

––Evelyn Spence