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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY OF PALMDALE NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: John Mlynar PHONE: 661/267-5115 DATE: July 19, 2018 ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF July 23 THROUGH July 29, 2018 GENERAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION: 1. Division From Palmdale Blvd To Avenue Q-4 Intermittent lane closures for gas line replacement. 2. Palmdale Blvd between Division to 5th Street West Intermittent lane closures for AT&T utility conduit installation. 3. Elizabeth Lake Rd. from 2300’ East of Bouquet Canyon Rd. To Johnson Rd. Overlay project began Monday, June 18. Expect delays and single lane travel with flagging for 30 to 60 days. 4. State Route 138 from 30th Street East to Avenue S Caltrans will have intermittent lane, shoulder and street closures with detours to replace sidewalk ramps and to overlay Palmdale Boulevard. 5. Southbound 25th Street West from Rancho Vista Boulevard to Avenue P-8 Intermittent No. 2 lane closures for landscape assessment district restoration. 6. 10th Street East, 9th Street East, Avenue Q-11 and Avenue Q-12 Intermittent street and lane closures for Courson Arts Colony offsite utility and street improvements. Q-12 closed between 10TH Street East and 11th Street East. 7. Avenue R and 40th Street East Intermittent lane and shoulder closures for the Guidance Charter School utility installation and street improvements. Expect delays. Signal will be in flashing red for the next 2 to 3 weeks while constructing the street improvements. Streetlighting Retrofit Traffic Control Areas The City recently acquired nearly 18,000 streetlights from Southern California Edison and is in the process of converting them from High Pressure Sodium (HPS) to Light Emitting Diode (LED). The new LED lights are more energy efficient and last up to five times longer than the old HPS. The contractor will be spending no more than ten minutes at each light, and any effect on traffic should be brief. Crews will be at the following locations from July 16- 20: • Residential neighborhoods - Avenue S to Pearblossom, 25th Street East to 37th Street East ---PAGE BREAK--- • Residential neighborhoods - Ave S to Pearblossom, west of 25th Street East • Residential neighborhoods - Ave R-8 to Ave S and 56th Street East to 65th Street East For more information, call the public works department at 661/267-5300. -30- Communications Department • 38300 Sierra Highway • Palmdale, CA 93550 www.CityofPalmdale.org