Southern Caliifornia Edison, which blocked off southbound North Lake Avenue along the business district in late October and early November, is getting ready to do it again.

Ben Wong of Southern California Edison said that crews will be working either Thursday , Dec. 12, or Friday, Dec. 13, to “grind and cap” that patch of the street in front of Bank of America that was the focus of work last month.  Edison replaced an aging underground electrical vault in front of the bank, and next week’s work will smooth over the patch on the asphalt.

But as that work is underway, the southbound lanes on Lake Avenue will be blocked off and traffic funnelled to a single lane on the northbound side.  Parking in front of the businesses along that stretch of Lake Avenue will be prohibited in order to create a lane for northbound traffic.  Wong said that the work should be completed and traffic restored in one day.