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Job well done on Foothill Expressway We need to commend the powers that be who cleared up the roads on El Monte Avenue and Foothill Expressway. After years of horrible traffic 4-6 p.m. daily at the intersection of San Antonio Road and Foothill Expressway, trying to get past the El Monte backup, it is finally a breeze. Surely we all recall the frustration of sitting in traffic to move the one block from San Antonio to El Monte. We want to thank the super planners who put in the extra lane where ...

What’s the benefit of Foothill widening? Has anyone else pondered what benefit we have experienced in the road changes (on Foothill Expressway between San Antonio Road and El Monte Avenue) compared to the taxpayer cost and many months of construction and traffic inconvenience? Sure, the median has been made narrower, and the inside lanes widened, but to what end? The parts that have been widened seem to be unusable – they are still sectioned off with traffic barriers. What was the goal –...

Bruce Barton/Town Crier File Photo Construction underway on Foothill Expressway in mid-April. Motorists should expect traffic delays at the Foothill Expressway intersections with San Antonio Road and El Monte Avenue this week as construction crews complete microsurfacing. The latest round of improvements to the historically congested stretch of town started Monday (May 3), and the work is expected to last through Thursday (May 6), according to a Los Altos Police Department Nixle alert sent Sund...

The Foothill Expressway expansion project through Los Altos is dragging along to the finish line. The Santa Clara County-led project, now more than a year into construction, adds a lane in each direction between El Monte Avenue and San Antonio Road, as well as an additional through lane on El Monte across Foothill. The $6.6 million project is scheduled to wrap up sometime next month. The project has been marked by delays, little having to do with COVID restrictions. Construction crews accidenta...

Uploaded: Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 12:00 pm Work will start Monday to replace a traffic signal at Foothill Expressway and El Monte Avenue in Los Altos and police are advising motorists to avoid the intersection, which will be controlled by temporary stop signs. The County of Santa Clara project is scheduled to be complete by Thursday. Whats local journalism worth to you? Support Mountain View Online for as little as $5/month.Learn more Follow Mountain View Voice Online on Twitter @mvvoice, Facebook a...