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PAVING PROJECT TO BEGIN ON I-80 IN WEST SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is scheduled to begin a new paving project Monday, May 9^th at 9 p.m. on Interstate 80 between the East end of the Yolo Causeway to Enterprise Blvd. in West Sacramento. Work crews will have various lane and ramp closures East bound and West bound Interstate 80 Monday through Friday from 9 p.m. to approximately 5 a.m. This 7.7 million dollar project is expected to be completed by October.

Changeable message signs will be placed in advance of the construction zone alerting motorists of lane and ramp closures.

Caltrans and the CHP urge the motoring public to use caution, be patient and to PLEASE "Slow for the Cone Zone."

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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