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# Big changes are planned for the Hazel Avenue interchange at Highway 50.
- URL: https://www.onsiteobserver.com/briefs/big-changes-are-planned-for-the-hazel-avenue-interchange-at-highway-50/
- Published: 2026-07-23T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T23:33:41.000Z
- Description: The first $27.4 million phase could begin in spring 2027, followed by a larger overhaul that would raise Hazel Avenue over Folsom Boulevard, rebuild ramps and change access to Aerojet Road.
- Author: Vitaliy Moskalenko
- Tags: #brief, #story-6a619f028dd667000126f753

## Key points

- **First phase costs $27.4 million.** Sacramento County expects bids in August. Work would widen the Hazel Avenue bridge over Highway 50, modify the westbound ramps for a shared-use path and add an eastbound auxiliary lane toward the Folsom Boulevard exit.
- **Construction could start spring 2027.** The first phase could begin as early as spring 2027 and continue through fall 2028.
- **Full project would raise Hazel Avenue.** Hazel Avenue would rise above Folsom Boulevard and the nearby light rail tracks, eliminating the street-level intersection, and extend south toward a future master plan development on former Aerojet land.
- **Aerojet Road access would change.** The existing Aerojet exit would be removed as a separate exit and combined with the Hazel Avenue off-ramp. The ramp would then split, with one branch serving Hazel and the other rising onto a new viaduct.
- **Cost up; two businesses likely removed.** The overall project is estimated at $161 million, up from $94 million in 2020\. County documents show the Chevron station and Cattlemen's restaurant on Folsom Boulevard would likely be removed.