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Traffic Delays or Closures in the Weeks Ahead:

Road Closures for Patriotic Sing and Family Music Fest – July 3, 2022

The Patriotic Sing and Family Music Event begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center Amphitheater, located at 17000 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, CA. Monterey Road between East Dunne, and Main Avenue will be closed beginning at noon on Sunday, July 3^rd. These street closures will also include partial closures of side streets on the East and West sides of Monterey Road. Access to the parking structures will remain open with access from Depot Street. Depot Street is closed at Dunne Avenue and must be accessed from Main Avenue. Any cars parking on closed roads will be towed for safety and security reasons. Please do not leave cars parked on roads that will be closed.

-East Dunne Avenue Rehabilitation Project

Contractor will begin lowering utility boxes starting on July 5^th and work their way westbound from near Anderson Lake Bridge (City limit line) and head westbound on Dunne Avenue. Traffic control will be implemented beginning July 5^th. The project will continue through the end of September.

-2022 Pavement Rehabilitation Project

The City of Morgan Hill has an ongoing Pavement Rehabilitation Program intended to address the City's pavement rehabilitation needs. Throughout the next several months, you may see work in your neighborhood or along your regular route of travel throughout Morgan Hill. Teichert Construction and City of Morgan Hill will be starting our East Dunne Avenue Rehabilitation Project and 2022 Pavement Rehabilitation project on July 5, 2022. The work will begin from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Once paving work is completed, crews will start utility cover preparation and restoration, as well as final striping. 

Week of 7/5/22 to 7/8/22 from 8am to 5pm

Lowering Utility Covers in preparation for Asphalt Paving the following week (7/11/22 to 7/18/22)

East Dunne Avenue City Limit to Lower Thomas Grade

East Dunne City Limit to Jackson Oaks Drive

East Dunne Jackson Oaks Drive to Flaming Oaks Drive 

Jackson Oaks Drive

Rustling Oak Court

Oakridge Court

The above schedule is based on necessary conditions and is subject to change. Residents and businesses in the impacted area will receive a notice from the contractor prior to work beginning in the area. Any parking restrictions will be posted on the affected streets a minimum of 72 hours prior to the operation. Work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by October 2022. For additional information, please visit our project website at https://www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/1854/Pavement-Rehabilitation-Program. 

-Hale Avenue Extension Project

At Spring Avenue and DeWitt Avenue, PG & E will be undergrounding overhead electric lines and removing poles. Traffic control devices will be in place periodically while needed to accomplish the work.

-One-Lane Traffic on Condit Road near Chrysler Dealership

Condit Road will have one-lane traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Traffic controls will be in place. It is anticipated that one-lane traffic will be in place for several weeks.

-Significant Utility Related Roadwork to Occur Throughout Morgan Hill

Several communications companies are currently working on upgrading and installing new communication cables and conduit throughout the city. This work includes cutting into the roadway and placing or repairing cables and conduit. This work includes placing fiber optic cable on existing poles or installing new underground facilities into the roadway and/or onto sidewalk areas. 

Construction crews for Frontier will be on Dunne Avenue from lower Thomas Grade near Gallop Drive up to upper Thomas Grade near Oak Leaf Drive for the next two weeks placing fiber optic internet cables. Crews will be confined to the shoulder area of the downhill portion of the roadway; however, they may be required to briefly stop traffic for repositioning. Please travel through the construction area with caution and obey all warning signs and traffic flaggers.

Work is occurring in multiple areas and may include road closures or lane reductions. You may also see paint markings or small flags of varying color for utilities in your area. These markings are to indicate the locations other utility lines in the area, and to ensure that damage and outages do not occur as a result of the work the telecommunications company is doing to update or install their cables. This work should not impact your utility service. Utility companies should be using chalk paint so the markings will remain only temporarily.

One of the largest companies doing work throughout the city is Frontier Communications who is using the subcontractor HCI, Inc. for the installation. HCI will be placing door hangers in neighborhoods prior to the start of work. HCI may be required to place new underground facilities and equipment in some neighborhoods. In those cases, there will be three phases of installation: 1. Marking and exposing of existing utilities, 2. Installation of conduit, utility boxes and Fiber Optic lines and 3. Restoration of concrete sidewalk and asphalt roadway. Temporary trench backfill and temporary trench coverings may be used for a period of time prior to restoration. The full installation process could take up to 3 weeks to complete. For information on the Frontier project and service availability residents can contact Frontier directly at 833-258-2434 or GetFrontierFiber.com.

Please remember to drive cautiously through construction areas and follow signage for detours. Whenever possible, try to utilize alternate routes while the work is being completed. 

If you have questions or see anything that looks unsafe, please contact the City of Morgan Hill at [email protected]. For immediate safety issues call 911.

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