Update: Gaviota Tunnel to Close on Tuesday
Northbound 101 Traffic Will Divert to Southbound Side
[Update: April 3, 3:40 p.m.] The lanes switcheroo planned for Tuesday was cancelled on Monday afternoon, due to equipment malfunction, said Caltrans spokesperson Alexa Bertoli. A new date to clean Gaviota Tunnel will be announced.
[Original Story] Come Tuesday, the Gaviota Tunnel will close in Santa Barbara County while Caltrans workers scrub the soot from the tunnel walls. The maintenance work requires the re-routing of northbound Highway 101 over to the southbound side, where signs, traffic cones, and roving Highway Patrol cruisers will highlight the fact that oncoming traffic will be coming from the opposite direction.
The detour goes for about a mile and a half on Tuesday, April 4, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
