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Caltrans has once again called off its plans to close southbound Interstate 680 between Pleasanton and Sunol over an upcoming holiday weekend because of 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 bulk of the closure was supposed to take place amid the Presidents Day long weekend.
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 during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The project has now been delayed indefinitely.
“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 southbound side of the freeway from this Friday night (Feb. 16) to Tuesday morning (Feb. 20) 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.
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