More BART track shutdowns and Highway 24 lane closures over Labor Day weekend

BART track shutdowns and eastbound Highway 24 lane closures continue this Labor Day Weekend between Orinda and Walnut Creek.

The second of six scheduled weekend track shutdowns between the Orinda and Walnut Creek stations will happen this Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 2) to allow for major track replacement work.

Free buses provided by County Connection and AC Transit will replace trains between the Orinda, Lafayette, and Walnut Creek stations while work crews replace nearly 50-year-old track components that have outlived their useful lives. BART riders can expect delays of 40 minutes or more during the repairs.

Additionally, the two left lanes on eastbound Highway 24 near the Lafayette Station and Oak Hill Road will be closed while the Labor Day weekend track work takes place. The lanes will be closed starting at 11 pm Friday, 8/30, with both lanes scheduled to be reopened by 7am on Tuesday, 9/3.

BART and Caltrans are partnering to limit impacts for drivers because of this critical system rebuilding work. Daytime peak delays for eastbound drivers are likely to happen in the afternoon hours and could reach up to 30 minutes. If delays approach 30 minutes Caltrans will notify BART and the number of lanes closed will be reduced from two to one. That happened during the first track shutdown weekend when one lane was reopened on Saturday, 8/17 for more than five hours. BART also voluntarily reopened one lane on Sunday, 8/18 for more than 8 hours even though backups did not approach 30 minutes.

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