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Union Pacific Railroad Track Work in Salinas: May 23 - 27

Submitted by Central Coast News Staff
Friday, May 20th, 2011, 2:25pm

 

Union Pacific Railroad will close the crossing at John St. in Salinas (between Spring St and Work St) to do some safety upgrades. This will be a full closure – Caltrans will provide signs to guide travelers through the suggested detour route. With the Salinas Valleys' agricultural production in full swing, and that truck traffic is heavy in these areas, travelers are advised to please anticipate periods of congestion during these times.

Airport Blvd. Interchange Project: May 23 – May 26

Bridge work for the Highway 101/Airport Blvd. Interchange Project will be result in a full closure of Hwy. 101 in both directions at Airport Blvd from 9 pm to 6 am for three nights from May 23 – May 26.

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Your Town

Submitted by Evelyn Laurence, Communities Reporter
Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 1:15pm
Your Town

Road construction will be taking place overnight next week on the bridge over Highway 101- traffic will be diverted to Sanborn Road.

The bridge over Highway 101 at Airport Boulevard in Salinas will be closed for three nights starting Monday for work on the interchange.

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Prunedale Improvement Project Road Closures

Submitted by Jasmine Viel
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 2:25pm
ROAD AND LANE CLOSURES SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 14 - 21

 

MONTEREY COUNTY – Here are the road/lane closures associated with the Prunedale Improvement Project that are scheduled to begin Saturday, May 14:

  • May 14

PG&E will close both lanes on Blackie Rd., from Hwy 101 to Prunedale South Rd., from 7 am to 4 pm.  This closure is to allow stringing of overhead wire along Hwy 101. Emergency vehicles will be allowed through the area.

 

  • May 16 – 20

Russell Rd will be closed to all vehicles at Highway 101 between the hours of 9 am and 3:30 pm. This closure, which will allow California Water Services Company to put in a new water main across Russell Rd., is scheduled to last through the week, ending on May 20.

 

During this closure those traveling north on Highway 101 will be able to access North Main St.

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Don't Get Too Excited About Dropping Gas Prices

Submitted by Jasmine Viel
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 2:11pm
Don't Get Too Excited About Dropping Gas Prices
  We might have all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard the news and as we headed out to fill up our cars. Gas prices are leveling off, but experts warn the gas price pleateau may be short-lived.   Gas prices across California may seem relatively stable, but a month to month comparison from AAA shows a nine cent jump at the pump in the state’s average price. Among all 50 states, California is now tied with Connecticut and Illinois for the third highest state average price for regular, unleaded gasoline.   In a news release on Monday, according to AAA, which tracks gas prices as a service to consumers, every Northern California metro area tracked by the organization saw an increase of at least five cents at the pump over the past month.
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Go For Two Wheels, Not Four!

Submitted by Jasmine Viel
Thursday, May 5th, 2011, 8:17pm

Transportation Agency To Launch 17th Annual Bike Week In May

Events Celebrating Bicycling to Occur Throughout Monterey County

 

The Transportation Agency for Monterey County will hold its 17th Annual Bike Week celebration from May 9-15th. To kick off Bike Week, Monterey County businesses are encouraged to commute by bike as often as possible throughout May.  Bike Week is a community celebration where thousands of commuters and school children become pedal pushers - riding their bikes to school, to work, and on errands all around the County.

 

Events are scheduled throughout the county including bicycle rides, bike to city council events, a bike versus car challenge, and Bike to School and Bike to Work Day offering free breakfasts at sites throughout Monterey County.

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Can CHP Really Tell if You are Speeding from the Sky

Submitted by Kiki Jones on Friday, April 1st, 2:06 pm

If you've ever been driving and saw one of the "patrolled by aircraft" signs and thought the signs were just a scare tactic to slow drivers down, think again. 

It's not a bird, it's a plane and most likely your next speeding ticket from the California Highway Patrol's friendly skies.

"It's not a bluff," said flight officer Chris Werner.

Two planes patrol state highways from LA county to San Jose county.   CHP officers say they write about 1,000 tickets per plane, per year, just from the eye in the sky.

Basically, it's a stopwatch that does it.

"Basically I use the aircraft to pace the vehicle for a one mile mark, and then I use the stopwatch to convert the aircraft speed to ground speed," said Werner.

Then the flight officer radios to a partol car on the ground.

"I bring the patrol officer up to the car say that is the vehicle to the left of you and then he'll position behind the vehicle, and I'll say 'you'r

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New Safety Guidelines for Child Car Seats

Submitted by Ali Pfauser on Monday, March 21st, 5:27 am

New child safety seat guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics urge parents to keep their infants in rear-facing car seats until they're 2 years old.

The academy's previous guidelines, last updated in 2002, recommended rear-facing car seats for infants until they reached the maximum weight or height allowed by the seat's manufacturer, or were at least 1 year old and weighed 20 pounds.

As a result, many parents switch their children to a forward-facing car seat as soon as they celebrate their first birthday.

But a 2007 study in the journal Injury Prevention found that children under age 2 were 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they rode in a rear-facing seat rather than a forward-facing one.

The new guidelines, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are meant to encourage parents not to rush transitions from one type of car seat or restraint to the next, said Dr.

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