Work in the Port of Los Angeles area will prompt some road closures on Saturday.
Anaheim Way and Farragut Avenue in the North Harbor will be closed for 10 hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to port officials who say truckers intending to use the “heavy haul route” should plan for alternate routes.
Motorists traveling west on Pier B Street can detour their way around the closure by continuing west until the roadway reaches Pier A Way, then turning right. They onto Pier A Way. From there, drivers should then turn right onto North Henry Ford Avenue, which rejoins Anaheim Street.
The closure is required as the Port of Long Beach builds what’s being called “the Port of the Future” a planned plan doubling annual container volumes to 20 million units by 2050.
“By strategically modernizing the port’s infrastructure with $3.3 billion in capital investments over the next decade and developing digital systems to dramatically enhance efficiency and visibility, the port is also becoming the world’s first zero-emissions port,” officials said in a statement. “Today, the port moves cargo valued at $300 billion a year and generates 2.7 million jobs across the U.S., as it continues to lead the world on sustainability programs and plans to double those benefits by doubling volume.”