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Article: Commuter headaches abound as Marsh Creek Road slowed by construction, traffic measures
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 21, 2008
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BRENTWOOD -- The newly laid asphalt might have been the smoothest
thing about the traffic-calming measures instituted on Marsh Creek
Road on Thursday following two fatal crashes in a construction zone.
To reduce speeds on the road, which on certain stretches is
covered by a layer of gravel from a resurfacing project, the
California Highway Patrol and county public works crews have been
shuttling convoys through the area where work is being done.
Motorists can expect delays at the endpoints of the construction
zone, which will shift with the progress of the road work.
But many drivers have reported that the road was closed at those
points, and that they had to turn around. That led to a lot ...