District: 05 Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa

State of California • Department of Transportation

NEWS RELEASE

Today’s Date: Friday, September 9, 2011

District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa

Cruz Counties

Contact: Jim Shivers or Colin Jones

Phone: (805) 549-3237 or 549-3189

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LANE CLOSURE ON HIGHWAY 101 OVERCROSSING AT MADONNA ROAD

SAN LUIS OBISPO - The far right lane on westbound Madonna Road at the Hwy. 101 overcrossing will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 13 through Thursday, Sept. 15 from 9 am to 3 pm.

The on/off ramps to northbound Hwy. 101 and the entrance to the Madonna Inn will remain open.

This project will include the removal of three monitoring wells by URS Inc. of Santa Barbara under permit from Caltrans.

Motorists can expect a delay not to exceed ten minutes, most of which are likely to occur in the late morning/early afternoon hours. Traffic controls will be in place to help motorists travel through the project area.

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through Caltrans construction zones.

For traffic updates on other state highways in San Luis Obispo County, motorists can call Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at (805) 549-3318 or visit the District 5 website

at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/road_information.htm