Hauling and deliveries are ongoing at the construction staging yards at Wilshire/La Brea, the site of a future subway station. (photo by Edwin Folven)

Work on the Purple Line Extension subway project continues at many locations along Wilshire Boulevard, including in Beverly Hills, where a new closure will begin next week.

From Monday, Aug. 24, through Friday, Aug. 28, Gale Drive will be closed daily from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. north of Wilshire Boulevard. The closure will support surface investigation work on Gale Drive for the installation of an underground utility vault. The vault installation will occur at a later date and additional information will be provided.

Metro has announced an upcoming webinar on subway construction in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, Sept. 2, from noon to 1 p.m. The online meeting replaces a monthly evening meeting normally held in-person at Beverly Hills City Hall. To listen to the presentation, call (213)279-1001, and use the ID: 283 641 45#. Phone participants will not be able to participate in a Q&A session during the webinar. Those with questions can call (213)922-6934, or email purplelineext@metro.net at least 24 hours ahead of the webinar. For information, visit metro.net/projects/notices/events_purpleline.

Other subway construction in Beverly Hills includes work at the future Wilshire/Rodeo station, where excavation is occurring through the first quarter of 2021. There will also be intermittent lane closures on Wilshire Boulevard between Stanley Drive and San Vicente Boulevard.

Near Wilshire/La Cienega, station construction, material deliveries and instrumentation continues. Work is being conducted 24-hours in the staging yards at Wilshire/La Cienega and Wilshire/Gale. Intermittent lane reductions, turn restrictions and sidewalk closures may be in place to support instrumentation work, road restoration and utility maintenance.

A K-rail enclosure at Wilshire/Gale will be in place through Aug. 22. An additional K-rail work zone will be installed in the center lanes of the Wilshire/San Vicente intersection. The enclosure is expected to be in place for approximately two months and will support tunnel and mitigation work underneath Wilshire Boulevard. All left turns will be restricted in the intersection.

Farther east, Wilshire Boulevard will be reduced to two lanes in each direction between San Diego Way and Spaulding Avenue through next summer. Utility and tunnel investigation work will also be occurring at Wilshire Boulevard and La Jolla Avenue.

A work zone at the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue supports appendage construction immediately adjacent to the future Wilshire/Fairfax subway station. Station construction, hauling and concrete pouring also continues in the staging area on Wilshire Boulevard between Ogden Drive and Orange Grove Avenue. 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.

Through Friday, Aug. 28, Wilshire Boulevard will be reduced to a single lane in each direction between Burnside and Spaulding avenues. The traffic control supports construction of cross passages between the two underground subway tunnels.

Near Wilshire/La Brea, hauling and deliveries to and from the construction staging yards continues. Material deliveries and underground construction support are also ongoing.

Sycamore Avenue will be closed for a 100-foot stretch north of Wilshire Boulevard through Thursday, Aug. 27, to support work on an underground water line. From Friday, Aug. 28, through Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, Wilshire Boulevard to be reduced to two lanes in each direction between Detroit and June streets, and Orange Drive will be closed north of Wilshire Boulevard to support the construction of station appendages adjacent to the Wilshire/La Brea station.

Tunneling support and street maintenance work is also ongoing near Wilshire/Western. 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.

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.