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Commuter Lanes Open On Busy Stretch Of I-80

ROSEVILLE (CBS13) -- Drivers in the Sacramento area should seem some relief on one of the region's busiest commuter routes after new carpool lanes opened Friday.

Caltrans opened a three-mile stretch of new carpool lanes from the Placer/Sacramento county line to just east of Douglas Boulevard in Roseville on Friday, completing phase two of the Interstate 80 overhaul.

That should make it a little easier on commuters. "Honestly it takes me five minutes to get home and it takes me a half hour (in peak traffic)," said one driver.

"The traffic looks like L.A. out there," said another, Mark Benge, who said he uses back roads to avoid I-80.

Next up: full speed ahead for the third and final phase of the project. Auxiliary I-80 lanes will be extended just past the Highway 65 junction.

If all goes as planned -- pending weather -- the entire project is scheduled to be finished by next month.

The cost of the project is $48 million. It's a collaboration with Caltrans, the city of Roseville and Placer County.

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