Okay, so Fremont's "Cape Seal Project" isn't big enough to halt traffic for an 80-hour period like the bridge project. But that's a GOOD thing, right? Fremont officials say they like cape seal repair because it's a less expensive and fairly quick way to mend a street.

Starting this Thursday (Aug. 30), and continuing through Saturday, street maintenance crews will be doing cape seal repair work on several roads. These are the following Fremont streets that motorists should avoid:

Thursday, August 30

• Blacow Road from Central Avenue to Railroad tracks.
• Central Avenue from Blacow Road to Logan Drive.

Friday, August 31

• Blackstone Way from Darwin Drive to Mohawk River Street.
• Mohawk River Street from Blackstone Way to Snake River Place.
• Ozark River Way from Decoto Road to Mohawk River Street.
• Fremont Boulevard (Southbound lanes only) from Ferry Lane to Decoto Road.
• Tamayo Street from Fremont Boulevard to West End.
• Nicolet Avenue from Isherwood Way to Fremont Boulevard.
• Isherwood Way from Paseo Padre Parkway to Nicolet Avenue.

Saturday, September 1

• North Port Loop East & Court from Cushing Parkway to North Port Court.
• Christy Street from Stewart Avenue to Auto Mall Parkway.
• Stewart Avenue from Boyce Road to Albrae Street.
• Ardenwood Boulevard (Northbound lanes only) from the Highway 84 off-ramp to Kaiser Drive.

Construction work hours will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lane closures will be between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For more information on Fremont's Cape Seal Project, go online at:

http://www.fremont.gov/Construction/RoadworkInformation/CapeSeal.htm

More next week on Fremont's slurry seal and asphalt overlay projects, which are scheduled to begin in September.

If you can't wait until then, go to http://www.Fremont.gov for more information.

That is the goal for the Tri-City Drive — the Argus blog that will stay on top of all the road construction in Fremont and its neighboring cities, Newark and Union City.

If you're a Tri-City area motorist who has gone a week without turning onto one of the region's major arteries without getting stuck in traffic, you either don't leave the house or you take BART. But for those who can't — or won't — take public transit, the Tri-City Drive will help them keep moving by avoiding the bottlenecks caused by road repair.

First up will be Fremont's set of street maintenance projects. A list of work planned for cape seal, slurry seal and the more costly and complicated asphalt overlay repairs will be provided soon. Stay tuned.