Citrus Avenue will be reduced to one lane starting April 6 when construction for its extension north to the Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College station begins.
Traffic will be condensed to one lane until May 4, Citrus College Campus Safety said in an update.
The city of Azusa started underground work to extend Citrus Avenue on March2. However, the bulk of the project was pending government fund availability that supports the construction job said Azusa Director of Public Works and City Engineer Daniel Bobadilla.
Campus Safety has advised students to plan accordingly, as Citrus Avenue will likely be impacted by traffic.
Campus Safety Supervisor Ben Macias, said that students should use alternate routes through Barranca and Foothill going west, to gain access to parking lots S5, S4, S3, S2 and S1. Additionally, Macias recommended students give themselves a little extra time to avoid dealing with time constraints.
The new station, part of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, opened to the public March 5 but access to it has been anything but convenient to residents and students.
If a student made his or her way to the Gold Line station from the Hayden Memorial Library, they would need to head west on West Foothill Boulevard and make a left onto Citrus Avenue, an inconvenience that forces students to make a right where Foothill Boulevard continues and make a right onto North Palm Drive. This would be followed by another right onto Promenade to reach the station.
The project to extend Citrus Avenues has an expected mid-July completion date — roughly 20 weeks from March 2, when the project began with preparatory underground work, Bobadilla said.
He said the project is being funded in collaboration between the city of Azusa and Rosedale Land Partners and is being conducted by Azusa Land Partners, a limited liability company that will be tasked with completing the project.
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UPDATE 4/4: This story has been updated with official dates for the beginning of construction and the length of time Citrus Avenue will be reduced to one lane.
It has also been updated to reflect the printed edition of the story and edited.
