What to watch for (this week)....

I-10 Huebner has resumed

True to promises over the weekend, Texas Sterling Construction officially began working on the I-10 Huebner project this morning. Over the next week crews will focus their efforts on cleaning the project area, dealing with erosion issues and shoring up materials storage.

Drivers on the northwest side should pay close attention to the UTSA Boulevard area, where most of the early restart action on the I-10 Huebner project will be.

Project personnel met this morning to discuss the week and form a to-do list for early work. A project schedule is expected in the next week or two. For now, just plan on seeing activity near UTSA Boulevard and De Zavala - but none of the activity should be in the actual traveling lanes of the interstate.

Big-time closures on I-35 Selma....

Don't forget! We're closing all south-bound lanes of I-35 at FM 3009 tonight at 11 p.m. We'll actually start shutting lanes down at 9 p.m., but as of 11 p.m. we'll have a total closure. While the highway is closed, crews will be setting bridge support beams.

Traffic will be diverted onto the frontage roads of I-35 at FM 3009 tonight and tomorrow night while crews hang bridge support beams for the future FM 3009 turnaround bridges.

Tomorrow night (Tuesday night), we'll be closing the north-bound lanes of I-35 at FM 3009. We'll have the closures picked up with traffic flowing again by 5:30 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday morning, respectively.

If you're an evening commuter, or an early bird, you may want to find an alternate route (like FM 2252 or, if you're traveling through New Braunfels, Highway 46 to I-10 in Seguin).

Loop 1604 - on the west side....

Work near Marbach Road - we're building an overpass there! - will require a few lane closures during the day through the week. Expect to see the right lane closed on both north-bound and south-bound lanes in the Marbach area.

Specifically, the north-bound lanes at Marbach will be closed; the south-bound lane closure will be between Emory Peak and Spurs Ranch Road.

Meanwhile, Angel Brothers Construction is working to finish their work to construct a north-to-south (or is it east-to-west?) turnaround at I-10 on the northwest side. The right lane of the east-bound access road will be closed during the day later this week while crews pour concrete.

Good Friday

San Antonio celebrates, as a city, a number of holidays not celebrated to the extent they are here. One is Good Friday.

In observance of Good Friday (and Easter Weekend), most of our projects will be shut down this weekend. You won't find a lot of work being done on Friday, and that work won't resume until Monday. Limited work around the city will be going, but don't expect to see a whole lot.

This isn't some sort of socio-theologic endorsement ... it's just plain good sense. This is a big deal for a lot of folks in San Antonio, whether it is for you (individually) or not. We're just trying to respect and honor that!