NORTHBOUND WILLOWS SAFETY REST AREA TO REOPEN AND SOUTHBOUND WILLOWS SAFETY REST AREA TO BE CLOSED FOR INTERIOR REPAIRS PROJECT

Willows – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is scheduled to reopen the northbound Willows Safety Roadside Rest Area (SRRA) on Interstate 5 in Glenn County on Monday, April 5. The SRRA was closed while interior repairs were made. With the completion of the northbound SRRA repairs, the southbound Willows Safety Roadside Rest Area on Interstate 5 will close for interior repairs on Monday, April 5. It is estimated the repairs to the southbound Willows SRRA will take approximately two months to complete.

An advance informational sign at the Red Bluff Safety Rest Area will alert motorists that the southbound Willows SRRA is closed.

Caltrans is a department within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency that operates and maintains California's transportation system under the direction of Secretary Sunne Wright McPeak and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. For more information about the department, please visit its Web site at www.dot.ca.gov. Information about the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency is available on the Internet at www.bth.ca.gov .

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