Kay Street Construction Project Begins
from www.caldecott-tunnel.org website
Few motorists know it by name, but Kay Street is the overcrossing just west of the Oakland
portal of the Caldecott Tunnel that connects Caldecott Lane on the north to Broadway on the south. The road is most often used by motorists during the afternoon commute who are driving southeast on Telegraph Street in Berkeley and heading for the Caldecott Tunnel.
Project Benefits
This project will install a traffic signal at the congestion-prone intersection of Kay Street and Broadway to improve traffic flow. Congestion is currently caused by two streams of traffic vying for the last on-ramp on eastbound Route 24 before the Caldecott Tunnel.
Also, motorists on Broadway wishing to make a left turn on Kay Street towards Berkeley face long delays during the afternoon, as traffic turning from southbound Kay Street has the right of way.
Ghilotti Brothers, Inc. posted the apparent low bid of about $311,000 on November 18, 2009. The contact was awarded on December 23, 2009. Construction should begin by mid-March 2010 and must be finished by June 25, 2010.
A separate portion of the project will modify the intersection of Kay Street and Caldecott Lane, widening the intersection to improve traffic flow.
This project also will enhance bicycle and pedestian flow at the Kay Street/Broadway intersection.
