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Traffic Delays or Closures in the Weeks Ahead:

-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.

-Construction Traffic on West Jarvis between Monday, May 30^th & Tuesday, June 14^th

Please note that there will be construction traffic on West Jarvis Drive between Monday, May 30^th and Tuesday, June 14^th due to the Sutter extension slurry seal project.

-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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