The Point: Rancho California Road direct on-ramp closure will allow crews to safely reconfigure and realign the ramp for the I-15 Smart Freeway Pilot Project
Residents and motorists planning to travel northbound on I-15 using the Rancho California Road direct on-ramp are advised to plan ahead for an extended closure of the ramp. RCTC will require an extended full closure of the Rancho California Road on-ramp for northbound I-15 beginning on Sunday, July 13 at 9 p.m. through Monday, July 21 at 5 a.m. The closures are required to allow crews to safely extend a second lane of the on-ramp by several hundred feet and create a safety pocket for emergency vehicles.
While crews are completing work on the ramp, motorists are advised to travel west on Rancho California Road, northbound on Jefferson Avenue, and east on Winchester Road to enter Northbound I-15.
Closure dates are subject to change due to weather, site conditions, construction progress, and other factors.
The work will also involve reconfiguring and realigning the ramp to create a merge point between the loop and the direct on-ramps for Rancho California Road. Later this summer, RCTC will require a similar closure of the northbound 15 Rancho California Road loop on-ramp.
The Smart Freeway Pilot Project will use ramp meters that work as a coordinated system that adapts to allow more or fewer vehicles to enter I-15 at any given time from the Temecula Parkway, Rancho California Road, and Winchester Road on-ramps. The project is anticipated to improve overall traffic flow and reduce rear-end collisions within the I-15 corridor, without highway expansion and related construction costs and impacts.
For more information about the Smart Freeway Pilot Project and the Temecula Parkway on-ramp closure, visit: rctc.org/temeculaclosures