Back in December 2011, commuters on the 405 Freeway through
the Sepulveda Pass drove by an unusual sight. A retaining wall built for the
new car-pool lane was collapsing, the gray concrete panels visibly buckling and
falling. Alarmed by the discovery, construction
crews tore down the wall. At least 14 other walls also came down and were
rebuilt. State officials moved quickly, banning the construction of similar
retaining walls throughout California. Today, the 405 Freeway project is more
than 15 months behind schedule, a timeline that has Angelenos bemoaning the
traffic congestion caused by construction of the 10-mile car-pool lane. A federal review quietly released in August
of the massive $1 billion project identified the collapsed wall as the “single
biggest factor in extending the completion date to September 2014.” U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx also noted that a second major factor
was an unexpected need for relocations of utility lines...
Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20131019/san-diego-405-freeway-work-delayed-by-faulty-retaining-walls
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