Caltrans said Wednesday that the project will include the installation of flashing beacons at the intersection of Highway 29 and Hartmann Road near Hidden Valley Lake.
The flashing beacons are intended to warn motorists traveling along Highway 29 when vehicles are on Hartmann Road waiting to enter the highway, and when vehicles on southbound Highway 29 are waiting to turn left onto Hartmann Road, Caltrans reported.
The intersection was the site last week of a collision that killed a Clearlake woman, and a Rodeo woman died as the result of injuries she suffered in a crash there over the 2010 Memorial Day weekend, as Lake County News has reported.
Both of the women who died were in vehicles attempting to turn onto Highway 29 from Hartmann Road, based on California Highway Patrol reports.
Caltrans said traffic actuated flashing beacons have been installed at other locations in the agency's District 1 – which covers the North Coast – and have proven to be effective.
Work on this approximately $290,000 project will be performed in two stages with a brief break in between, Caltran said.
Stage one, which will take about two weeks, will consist of repairing metal beam guardrail, installing
electrical conduit, and installing the traffic sensor loops. When this stage is complete Caltrans said Pacific Gas & Electric will be notified to connect power.
After PG&E connects power, stage two will begin, Caltrans said. Stage two, which will take about two weeks, will install the actual flashing beacon system.
The agency said the project should be completed by the end of August.
Current work will be performed under a shoulder closure, and Caltrans advised motorists to drive with caution through the area and may experience minor traffic slowdowns.
Future work will require one-way traffic control, and Caltrans said motorists should anticipate 10-minute delays.
The contractor is GBA Engineering of Fullerton, Caltrans said.
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