CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, On March 23, 2010, The County Board of Supervisors awarded an $8.5 million contract to Teichert Construction for the Vasco Road Safety Improvements Project – Phase 1. This project will be constructed with federal economic stimulus funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Within the 1.5 mile project limit of Vasco Road, road widening will occur to accommodate a median barrier and a passing lane in the southbound direction. Construction of drainage culverts, retaining walls and bridge widening will be also be part of this project. Construction will begin in May 2010 and is expected to continue until August 2011.
To minimize impacts to motorists, vehicle traffic will be routed through the work area behind temporary barriers away from construction operations. In addition, there will be no lane closures or other work which would adversely impact traffic during commute hours of 5:00 am to 8:30 am (southbound) and 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm (northbound).
Temporary lane closures will occur during non-commute hours, and motorists should be prepared for possible delays.
The exact dates and times of the planned lane closures will be posted along Vasco Road on electronic message boards, a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
Source: Contra Costa County Public Works Department press release, April 27, 2010
Ya right, last night during the 5 oclock commute they had only one lane causing a 2 1/2 hour drive home! JOKE
I am so so sick of the construction along Vasco road…..makes my decision to move to Brentwood a real bad one, it's truly pathetic
Hello,
Just wanted to comment on the Vasco Road construction. While I appreciate the upgrades, it would really be appreciated to have better planning as to avoid construction during commute hours. I commute from Discovery Bay to Dublin, my commute has increased from 50 minutes to anywhere from 60-90 mins due to Vasco. It backs up getting on Vasco from Camino Diablo, then at the section where the wall went up, then about 5 miles, then from the area before the reservoir all the way until Dalton. Then for those of us turning right on Dalton, there’s now a stop light that creates a back-up.
I understand the need, but the uneven pavement near the reservoir creates 20 min back up on way home and then later in the middle.
Would love to know when it will all be completed and what the overall changes will be? Will it help with traffic afterwards? What are the benefits?
Thank you,
Heather
Thanks for your comments, Heather. The lead on this project is the County, thus we will attempt to get answers to your questions from them shortly.
The problem now is the to construction projects and installing new wind turbines are happen the same time. Whoever planned this needs to travel the commute and suffer like all us tax payers. Tuesday 11/08/2011 was like two construction companies that did not know or comunicate with each other, These guys had single lane travel in botharea at 3:15 pm with the back-up from the Livermore side from the 580 to the vasco widing project. Today the morning commute was OK until you arrive past/near the repaving near Livermore it was another 15 minutes to get through. Why don't they just waiden the complete Vasco Road. When the traffic flows through Livermore it seems OK unless you are getting on the 580 west. WIDEN THE WHOLE VASCO ROAD…