Highway 46 East widening project will cause detour this week
Highway 46 East before traffic switch scheduled for this week.
–The widening of Highway 46 East from McMillan Canyon Road to Lucy Brown Road through Shandon will continue on Wednesday evening, July 5, with motorists being detoured onto a section of the newly constructed lanes.
Motorists traveling in both directions will be placed onto what will become the ultimate eastbound lanes upon project completion. This traffic switch will allow for construction to proceed near the Shandon Roadside Rest Area.
As a result, the Shandon Roadside Rest Area will be closed on July 5 beginning at 7 p.m. until July 12 at 7 p.m.
The current widening of Hwy 46 East follows three completed phases from Paso Robles to the Hwy. 46/41 intersection. The $38 million widening of Hwy. 46 East from Almond Drive to McMillan Canyon Road was completed last year. The widening of Hwy. 46 from Geneseo Road to east of Almond Drive was completed in 2014 while the widening of Hwy. 46 from Airport Road to Geneseo Road wrapped up in 2010.
The contractor for this $47 million project is Brosamer & Wall of Walnut Creek, CA. It is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2018.
Caltrans asks motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway construction zones.
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