CRAWDAD FESTIVAL EXPECTED TO DELAY TRAFFIC

Isleton - The California Department of Transportation is advising motorists to expect moderate traffic delays on State Route 12 between I-80 and I-5 and lengthy traffic delays of more than one hour on Route 160 near Isleton, as more than 100,000 are expected to attend the annual Crawdad Festival this weekend. Starting Friday June 18, the Festival opens at 10:00 a.m. The Festival will close at 10:00 p.m., on Friday and Saturday night and at 6:00 p.m., on Sunday night.

Changeable Message Signs, will advise motorists and direct Festival traffic along the Sacramento and San Joaquin County segments of Interstate 5 and in both directions of State Route 12 in Sacramento and Solano Counties. Additional Festival signs will be in place to direct attendee’s to parking facilities on Route 160 and Jackson Slough Road.

Festival traffic from I-5 will be directed to westbound Route 12 and west on SR 12 to and right onto Jackson Slough Road. Traffic from eastbound Route 12 will be directed to turn left onto northbound Route 160 at the 12/160 intersection near Rio Vista. Festival traffic on northbound Route 160, north of the 12/160 intersection and southbound Route 160, south of the City of Walnut Grove should be prepared to stop and to be directed by Festival flag-persons to parking facilities. Shuttle buses will provide travel between the parking areas and the Festival.

Motorists are advised to use alternate Routes when possible and and to use caution when traveling through the area.

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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