RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) will implement a full closure of the Rancho California Road direct on-ramp to northbound I-15 in Temecula. The closure will begin on Monday, June 23 at 9 p.m. and remain in effect through Tuesday, July 1 at 5 a.m. This closure is necessary to allow crews to safely demolish and reconstruct portions of the on-ramp for the I-15 Smart Freeway Pilot Project.
During these closures, crews will extend a second lane of the on-ramp by several hundred feet and create a safety pocket for emergency vehicles. The work will also involve reconfiguring and realigning the ramp to create a merge point between the loop and the direct on-ramps for Rancho California Road.
RCTC will require a similar closure of the northbound 15 Rancho California Road loop on-ramp in July…