Imperial/Valley View intersection to be a mess through early October

La Mirada/LA County~There is some good news and bad news involving the ongoing LA County Sewer Project on Imperial Highway, that has been with us nearly all year.

The project is not officially in La Mirada (south side of Imperial is La Mirada, north side is LA County), but La Miradians are clearly affected.

The good news is that phase one of the project is completed; Imperial is back to three lanes westbound from La Mirada Blvd. 

Construction project is causing excessive delays Imperial westbound at Valley View

The bad news is that phase two of the project has started.

John Schiller of Steve Bubalo Construction told us, "Phase two should go through early October. The current detour is smaller at Valley View than phase one, 300 feet both ways on Imperial Highway. We still need to construct a tunnel under Valley View."

The detour may be smaller in scope , but the impact is far greater. Starting westbound at Burgess Avenue, the smaller detour temporarily has taken away left turns at Valley View, both east and westbound. Westbound Imperial has clearly been affected more however, creating huge delays, at all hours. 

Residents are encouraged to use alternate routes until construction is complete.