Just more than one year after it began, the $10.5 million
project to widen Hwy. 25 and install a concrete median barrier on
the Hollister to Gilroy route is slated for completion next
month.
Just more than one year after it began, the $10.5 million project to widen Hwy. 25 and install a concrete median barrier on the Hollister to Gilroy route is slated for completion next month.
Road crews will be working from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sunday, June 20 through Tuesday, June 22 to pave the project area from Hudner Lane to the San Benito/Santa Clara County line. Drivers can expect delays during the night work, with flaggers on hand to get drivers through the area with one-way traffic control.
The highway is being widened to accommodate the installation of a concrete median barrier from Hudner Lane north to Shore Road and from just north of Shore to the Santa Clara County line. Several private driveways along the road are being closed to decrease the number of access points along the highway, minimizing conflicts between through traffic and slow-moving vehicles entering the roadway, according to Mary Gilbert, transportation planning manager for the San Benito County Council of Governments.
“We originally were hoping to be done by May or June, but rain slowed us down,” she said. “Since we’ve decreased and consolidated the number of driveways with access to 25, there should be less farm equipment and fewer tractors because we’ve built more access roads across properties, and slow-moving vehicles can now use the new frontage roads that we built.”
The California Highway Patrol will be in the area during this weekend’s night work to ensure the safety of drivers and construction workers, said Gilbert, who reminds drivers to slow down and obey flaggers in the construction zone.
