Construction crews broke ground Wednesday on another segment of the carpool lane on the Golden State Freeway, this time in Burbank.
The $57.8 million project will create a high-occupancy vehicle lane along the 5 Freeway between the Ventura Freeway and Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank, a segment of 2.7 miles in each direction, according to county Supervisor Michael Antonovich.
He added the project should be completed by late 2014, and should include soundwalls.
The plan is to eventually have the I-5 carpool lane stretch from the 14 to the 134 freeways, according to Antonovich transportation deputy Michael Cano.
To date, the segment between the 14 and 118 freeways is already complete, but the segment between the 118 and 170 freeways has yet to begin construction, Cano said.
He added that work on the carpool lane between the 170 freeway to Buena Vista Street began last month. Wednesday's ceremony was for a project to extend the carpool lane from Magnolia to the 134 freeway.
A "direct connector" between the 5 and 14 freeways should be completed this summer, Cano said. Antonovich intends to propose creating another direct connector between the 5 and 134 freeways.
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