District: District 3 - Marysville
Contact: Gilbert Mohtes-Chan
Phone: (530) 741-4571; (530) 682-6145
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GLENN COUNTY — Motorists should be prepared for daytime travel delays beginning today through June on State Highway 162 west of Willows because of major pavement work.
Crews will be repaving an 11-mile stretch of Highway 162 from Airport Road to the Gopher Creek area of rural west Glenn County. Motorists can expect reversing one-way traffic control along two-mile segments of roadway and 15 to 20 minute travel delays until work is completed.
Construction activity will occur from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Crews expect to finish the roadwork by the end of June.
Knife River Construction of Chico is the contractor on the $4.3 million pavement project.
Weather or unexpected events may delay or prolong the work. Caltrans advises motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert.” The department will issue construction updates on Twitter @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3. For real-time traffic, click on Caltrans’ QuickMap or download the QuickMap app from the App Store or Google Play.
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