OCTA staff shared a presentation on the 91 Westbound Lane Widening Project with approximately 40 residents and stakeholders Thursday, Oct. 16 at the West Anaheim Youth Center.
The City of Anaheim organizes this quarterly meeting as an opportunity for West Anaheim residents and stakeholders to learn about and discuss ongoing projects, services and activities in the area.
OCTA Director Gail Eastman, also Anaheim mayor pro-tem, joined the project team in sharing updates about the project that is the third in a series of freeway improvement projects that are increasing capacity and improving operations on the 91 Freeway in Orange County.
The team also highlighted the project’s Measure M and Proposition 1B funding strategy as well as summarized the project’s progress, including the newly implemented safety and traffic management measures, demolition of numerous bridges and walls, and the substantial work on rebuilding a portion of the Houston Channel, which provides storm drain services along the northern edge of the freeway.
In an effort to provide participants a “behind the k-rail” look at the project, staff presented a series of photos that illustrated the successful demolition of five of six major westbound overpasses, including those at State College Boulevard, Acacia Street, Raymond Avenue, Euclid Street and Brookhurst Road. Similarly, staff discussed images that showed crews working at the channel, walls and other structures.
The project team also explained OCTA and Caltrans’ communications and outreach program that is part of the ongoing partnership that has enabled the agencies to add 18 lane miles to the SR-91 in Orange County since December 2010.
The 91 Westbound Lane Widening Project will add a new 4-mile general-purpose lane between the Orange Freeway (SR-57) and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5).
Crews anticipate completing the project in late 2015 through the partnership of Anaheim-based C.C. Myers, Inc., the project’s construction contractor.
For more information, please visit the project website.
