Drivers will encounter significant delays starting...

Drivers will encounter significant delays starting this week from

two major street resurfacing projects on El Toro Road and Glenneyre

Street.

The Glenneyre Street project will continue through January. The El

Toro Road project will be completed in the middle of February.

“There is no doubt that the work will cause inconveniences and

delays for motorists,” said Steve May, director of public works.

The timing for the work was chosen because January and February

are the least traveled months of the year for both highways.

The southbound side of El Toro Road, from the 73 Toll Road to

Laguna Canyon Road, will be closed for one week at a time. Traffic

will be diverted to the Transportation Corridor onramp to Laguna

Canyon Road.

Various lanes and intersections will be closed on Glenneyre

Street.

Drivers will be guided to detours by signs. May encouraged drivers

to allow additional travel time or to take other routes, if possible.

He also warned drivers watch out for construction workers in those

areas.

The city received 50% of the funds for the Glenneyre Street

project from state gas taxes and the Federal Arterial Highway

Rehabilitation Program. The street will be resurfaced with rubberized

asphalt, May said.