Drivers heading to San Diego should expect delays along Interstate 5 this weekend, according to the Orange County Transit Authority.
A scheduled closure of the I-5 Freeway is planned for Friday and Saturday of this weekend, and will close three of four southbound lanes near an interchange in San Clemente. No northbound lanes will be closed, according to OCTA.
The closure will take place between Avenida Vista Hermosa and Avenida Palizada starting at 10 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday.
Two of those closed lanes are scheduled to open Saturday morning at 8:30. At noon, "southbound traffic is scheduled to reopen to four lanes on a newly constructed bridge," noted OCTA.
Southbound on-ramps at Avenida Vista Hermosa and Avenida Pico will also be closed, along with off-ramps at Avenida Pico and Avenida Palizada.
The OCTA advised drivers to avoid the area or take alternate routes if possible.
The closure is scheduled as part of a $230 million project to widen the freeway and add a carpool lane on both sides of the freeway in that area. The project also plans to reconstruct the Avenida Pico interchange.
