The big date has been set! On Nov. 3, 2016, Willits-haters will be liberated from their experience of that town forever.
Or sometime in there, anyway. Though Caltrans District 1 has set Thursday, Nov. 3 as the day of the party — 11 a.m. — there might be an outside chance that you don’t get to blaze through the Little Lake Valley at full speed for a day or two after the champagne is spilled.
“Ideally, the traffic will start flowing later that day,” says District One’s Phil Frisbie. “Depending on the timing it could be a day or two. But we we hope to have traffic on the bypass that afternoon.”
From Caltrans’ Willits Bypass Blog:
Caltrans is pleased to announce the completion ceremony for the Willits Bypass has been scheduled for Thursday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. The ceremony, which will include dedicating the 1.1 mile long viaduct bridge to fallen U. S. Navy Seal Jesse Pittman, will take place on the new highway, at the north end of the viaduct, near the north interchange. The public will be invited, and more details will follow.
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A WILLITS BYPASS RETROSPECTIVE:
- Freeway to Go Around Willits
- EPIC and the Center for Biological Diversity Seek to Halt Construction of the Willits Bypass
- Accident North of Willits—Hwy 101 Closed —Detour
- Willits Bypass Goes Forward
- INTRODUCING: The New LoCO Senior VP for Boss Linkage and a Greatly Improved ‘Elsewhere’ Section
- Battle for Hearts and Minds Heats Up On Willits Bypass: Caltrans Puts Up Website and Anti-Bypass Crowd Offers Nude Photo Shoot
- Seven Arrested in Willits Bypass Protest Today, Says Earth First
- Reports that Tree Sitters are Being Extracted from Willits Bypass
- Pretty Intense Video From Today’s Willits Treesit Extractions
- The Battle for the Little Lake Valley: Debating the Willits Bypass, Pros and Cons (Part I of III)
- The Battle for the Little Lake Valley: Debating the Willits Bypass, Pros and Cons (Part II of III)
- The Battle for the Little Lake Valley: Debating the Willits Bypass, Pros and Cons (Part III of III)
- (VIDEO) Why We Need The Willits Bypass: Burger Razor Blades
- Protestors Hang Banner From Crane to Highlight Concerns about Willits Bypass
- Two Protesters Lockdown at Willits Bypass Construction Area/Photographer Arrested
- Willits Bypass Construction Will Cause Traffic Delays
- The LA Times Talks Willits Bypass
- EPIC Needs You to File Your Richardson Grove Comments Now-ish
- EPIC: Federal Court Says ‘Destructive Willits Bypass’ is Actually A-OK; Construction to Proceed
- What Humboldt Clicked: 12/14-12/20
- EPIC Claims Victory in Latest Richardson Grove Ruling
- Work Stopped on Willits Bypass; Army Corps of Engineers Revokes Permit
- Willits Bypass Work Suspended Indefinitely
- Caltrans Can Restart Construction on the Willits Bypass Friday
- What Humboldt Clicked: July 2014
- Willits Bypass Pushed Back to 2017; Caltrans Blames Environmental Groups for Delays, Cost Increases
- [New Hours!] Don’t Drive Through Willits on Thursday If You Can Avoid It, Says Caltrans
- Willits Bypass Falsework Collapses, Three Injured
- Aerial Photos of the Willits Bypass (PHOTOS)
- Willits Bypass Progress Shown in Latest Aerial Photos (PHOTOS)
- State Agency Cites Caltrans, Contractors for ‘Serious Violations’ Leading to Willits Bypass Collapse
- Mendo County Tribes Sue Caltrans for ‘Knowingly Destroying’ Historic Sites During Willits Bypass Construction
- Caltrans on New Willits Bypass Lawsuit: ‘All Historical Preservation Laws are Being Followed’
- Highway 101 Traffic Slowed by Rolled-Over Big Rig
- (VIDEO) Here is What Not Stopping in Willits Looks Like
- (VIDEO) The Willits Bypass is Getting Ever Closer to Reality
- Prankster Alters Caltrans Road Sign to Read ‘I Love Smoking Weeeeed’
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