Moulton Parkway smart street improvements from west of Santa Maria Avenue (in the City of Laguna Woods) to El Pacifico (in the City of Laguna Hills) are currently underway. The project will widen Moulton Parkway to its final configuration, including sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both side of the roadway, dedicated turning lanes, raised landscaped median islands and parkway improvements. No additional thru traffic lanes will be added.
In order to minimize traffic impacts and reduce inconvenience to the motoring public, the majority of this project will be constructed during nighttime hours from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM. Construction near residences on Ridge Route Drive and Santa Maria Avenue will be conducted before 10:00 PM.
Initial work will involve clearing the area for construction, including removing center medians and shirting traffic from the side of the street where construction is occurring. If you have any questions about this portion of the Moulton Parkway project, contact Laguna Hills Public Services Director Kenneth H. Rosenfield at (949) 707-2655.
Work is expected to start at the Moulton Parkway/El Toro Road intersection on Monday, April 19th. This work will reconstruct and widen Moulton Parkway from 300 feet south of Via Campo Verde to 1200 feet north of El Toro Road. The project will provide additional left turn lanes on El Toro Road, dedicated right turn lanes on three legs of the intersection at El Toro Road (a dedicated lane already exists on southbound Moulton Parkway), wider sidewalks and new landscaping. The project also includes removing existing landscaping in the area, building a sound/visual wall along the Moulton frontage of the Laguna Woods Village equestrian center arena, building a soil-nail wall along the Moulton frontage of the Laguna Woods Self Storage and installing a bus turnout north of the Moulton Auto Spa entrance.
Work on this portion of the project will occur during the day from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and occasionally in the evening from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Generally, two lanes of the roadway in all directions will be available to motorists during the day, but there may be periods when only one lane is open.
If you have questions about this portion of the Moulton Parkway project, contact Laguna Woods Assistant City Manager Doug Reilly at (949) 639-0561.
