Trenching work will take place on about two miles north of PCH for 8-12 weeks
TOPANGA – Nighttime one-way traffic controls will begin Monday, March 23, on about the first two miles of Topanga Canyon Boulevard/State Route 27 (SR-27) from State Route 1/Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) for Verizon to complete trenching work to underground and restore fiber optic cables that were lost in the Palisades Fire.
Verizon’s work hours will be 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday nights through Saturday mornings and 12:01 to 5 a.m. Sundays. Crews will start work near mile marker 1.8 and move south toward PCH.
From 8 to 11:59 p.m. weekdays, sections of SR-27 between PCH and mile marker 1.8 will be reduced to one lane for use by both directions of traffic, with traffic controllers directing alternating traffic. One-way traffic will only be in place in the section where crews are working.
Verizon will work between midnight and 5 a.m. Monday nights through Sunday mornings within the full closure of SR-27 from PCH to Grand View Drive that is already in place for Caltrans’s Palisades Fire Emergency Work Zone.
Trenching is expected to last 8 to 12 weeks, depending on weather and other conditions.
This work is in addition to the one-lane traffic control between mile markers 2.5 and 2.8 from 8 to 11:59 p.m. as needed when Caltrans crews are working.
Motorists are advised to take extra caution while driving on this stretch of SR-27, especially around blind curves in case of stalled traffic ahead of one-way sections and be alert for workers and slow-moving vehicles. Fines can be doubled in a work zone.
Check current traffic conditions on the Caltrans Quickmap.
More information about Caltrans’s emergency work on SR-27 and PCH can be found on the Palisades Fire Emergency Repairs website.