Coast Highway to see overnight closure for Laguna Beach box culvert replacement project

The box culvert replacement project on Coast Highway at Main Beach in Laguna Beach is set to enter its next phase this weekend.

Coast Highway will be shut down completely for an overnight closure from 8 p.m. on Friday to 8 a.m. on Saturday.

Work crews are scheduled to begin saw cutting for removals, demolition and excavating around the culvert on Saturday.

Construction workers were finishing up the first phase of the project on Thursday by paving the roadway and cleaning up the area, Caltrans officials said via a news release.

A traffic controller keeps pedestrians safe at Coast Highway and Broadway near the Laguna box culvert construction project in downtown Laguna Beach. The project will be entering Phase 2 on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Local businesses have remained open during construction, which has reduced traffic to one lane in each direction while the project is ongoing.

The overnight closure to come on Friday will see the two lanes for through traffic moved from the southbound lanes to the northbound lanes on Coast Highway, while the construction staging area will move to the coastal side of the street.

Updates on Caltrans projects in the area can be found on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the handle @CaltransOC.

Pedestrians and traffic cross the street at Ocean Avenue near the Laguna box culvert construction project in downtown Laguna Beach. The project will be entering Phase 2 on Friday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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