Beginning on Aug. 8, Wilshire Boulevard will be reduced to two lanes in each direction for a year between San Diego Way and Spaulding Avenue. (photo by Edwin Folven)

Metro is offering updates on Purple Line construction in a webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from noon to 1 p.m. Updates will be provided on all three phases of the Metro project from Wilshire/Western to Westwood. To listen by phone, which excludes participating in the Q&A session, call (213)279-1001 and use the Conference ID: 461 029 586#. For information and to register to participate in the webinar online, visit metro.net/projects/notices/events_purpleline.

Work is ongoing at many locations on Wilshire Boulevard. Construction continues in Beverly Hills at the future Wilshire/Rodeo station. Excavation will continue 24 hours underneath Wilshire Boulevard through the first quarter of 2021. Instruments installed along the tunnel alignment and around the station box will monitor ground movement, settlement and other geological impacts.

Station construction, material deliveries and instrumentation continues in the staging yards at Wilshire/Gale and Wilshire/La Cienega. Gale Drive will be intermittently closed at Wilshire Boulevard. A permanent K-rail enclosure is in place to support ongoing construction below ground. Additional intermittent lane reductions west of the enclosure may be in place during off-peak hours.

Wilshire Boulevard may be intermittently reduced to two lanes in each direction between La Cienega Boulevard and Gale Drive. Intermittent directional bump-outs may also be used, reducing Wilshire Boulevard to a single lane.

Through Saturday, Aug. 1, eastbound Wilshire Boulevard between Stanley Drive and San Vicente Boulevard may be reduced to a single lane to support ongoing station construction. The lane reductions may occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., weekdays, and 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday. Left turns from Wilshire Boulevard may be intermittently restricted.

Beginning on Saturday, Aug. 8, and continuing for one year, Wilshire Boulevard will be reduced to two lanes in each direction between San Diego Way and Spaulding Avenue. A work zone will be installed on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue to support appendage construction immediately adjacent to the future Wilshire/Fairfax subway station.

Station construction, hauling and concrete pouring also continues at Wilshire/Fairfax. Ogden Drive will be closed intermittently Monday through Saturday at Wilshire Boulevard. Orange Grove Avenue remains closed south of Wilshire Boulevard through January 2022. Intermittent lane closures may be in place to support deck panel maintenance and soil investigation in the Wilshire/Fairfax station area.

Near Wilshire/La Brea and Wilshire/Sycamore, hauling, deliveries and tunneling support continues. Intermittent daily lane closures along Wilshire Boulevard and side streets between Highland Avenue and Detroit Street may be necessary to support construction. Crews are supporting underground work from enclosures in the street.

From Friday, Aug. 28, through Saturday, Feb. 27, Wilshire Boulevard will be reduced to two lanes in each direction between Detroit and June streets. Orange Drive will be closed north of Wilshire Boulevard. The traffic control measures support construction of station appendages adjacent to the Wilshire/La Brea Station. Hauling and deliveries to and from the construction staging yards at Wilshire/La Brea will continue as tunneling progresses underneath Wilshire Boulevard.

At a work zone in the center of Wilshire Boulevard just west of Rimpau Boulevard, material deliveries and underground construction support continue. Wilshire Boulevard has been reduced to two lanes in each direction between June Street and Muirfield Road. The work zone will be in place through early 2021 to support concrete pouring underground in the subway tunnels.

Near Wilshire/Western, tunneling support and street maintenance work is ongoing. Work is occurring 24-hours at a staging yard just west of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. Northbound Manhattan Place will be closed intermittently just north of Wilshire Boulevard from 4 a.m. to midnight., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Access to businesses will be maintained. Intermittent single-lane closures may also occur on Wilshire Boulevard between Western Avenue and Manhattan Place. Southbound Oxford Avenue will be intermittently reduced to a single lane from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

For questions and concerns, call the 24-hour project hotline at (213)922-6934, email the project team at purplelineext@metro.net, or visit metro.net.