Since Monday, October 5, Agoura Road between Lindero Canyon Road and Lakeview Canyon Road has had a work zone that moves along the road. The orange cones belong to the Pure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo. Its main construction site, the purification plant, is in Agoura Hills. Now the work has reached a Westlake Village road that people use to get to dinner, a round of golf and a Thanksgiving reservation.
The project's own schedule puts the work at four to six months. That covers all of Thanksgiving, all of December and most of the winter. Knowing how the work moves, and when crews are actually on the road, makes the season easy to plan around.
The project calls it urgent, and the corridor has some history
The weekly bulletin on the Pure Water Project's Westlake Village construction page uses strong wording. It describes the job as "urgent pipeline repair and installation work" that "supports the Pure Water Project by upgrading critical infrastructure to improve water reliability and help prevent future service disruptions."
Longtime drivers may remember why reliability matters at this corner. On the afternoon of August 6, 2023, a water main break flooded the intersection of Agoura and Lindero Canyon roads. The Acorn reported that crews replaced a 24-inch pipe and finished repairs by August 9. In that break, nearby businesses were the only customers to lose water, and service came back by the end of the day. The project has not said whether the pipe being worked on now has any link to the 2023 break. The two events share a stretch of road, and the 2026 bulletin's stated goal is to prevent future service disruptions.
The work itself follows a set order. Crews remove asphalt, dig into the roadway, install and repair pipe, put in underground equipment and then patch the road with a temporary surface before moving on. So the work zone travels. The spot that slowed you down last Tuesday may be clear by next Tuesday, and the lane shift may have moved a few blocks.
How the work zone has moved so far
Each weekly bulletin has reported the crews' position. Lined up, the bulletins show the pattern:
- Monday, October 5: Asphalt removal and temporary steel plates begin near Knightsgate Road.
- Wednesday, October 7: Pipe installation is set to start.
- Week of October 19: Installation near Knightsgate Road moves toward Greengate Court.
- Week of October 26: Crews work near Greengate Court and continue west.
- Early November, separate job: Utility work and restriping on parts of eastbound Agoura Road in Agoura Hills, near the project's purification plant site, are tentatively scheduled to begin.
The fifth item is easy to confuse with the others. It is on the same road name but in a different city. The Agoura Hills construction page says drivers there should expect temporary lane reductions and changed traffic patterns, while access to businesses and homes will generally stay open. If you drive Agoura Road east toward Agoura Hills once that job starts in early November, you may pass through two separate work zones on one trip.
The four-to-six-month estimate dates from the October 5 start. That puts the end of the Westlake work somewhere between early February and early April 2027, if the schedule holds. Every bulletin carries the same caveat: the schedule can change because of weather, field conditions and other factors.
Why a plant in Agoura Hills shows up under this road
The pipe under Agoura Road connects to a much larger plan. According to the project overview, the Pure Water Project will turn surplus recycled water from the Tapia treatment facility into a local water supply. Purified water from the Advanced Water Purification Facility in Agoura Hills will flow to Las Virgenes Reservoir and blend with imported water. It will then get final treatment at the Westlake Filtration Plant before it goes out to customers.
That makes Westlake Village the project's endpoint. The reservoir and the filtration plant both carry the Westlake name. The Agoura Road bulletin presents the current work as an infrastructure upgrade that supports the project. It does not identify this segment as the line that will carry purified water.
The overall timeline is long:
Construction began in spring 2026, and the project overview anticipates completion in 2029.
A September 18, 2026 release from the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District puts the total cost at $466 million. More than $335 million of that is covered by state and federal financing, and the release targets 2030 for the project to be operational. In that release, 2029 is the end of construction and 2030 is when the system is running. Seen against those dates, a few months of lane shifts on Agoura Road is one short step in a project that will run for several more years.
The holiday calendar on the same stretch
Several destinations people plan evenings around sit right in this corridor. The Westlake Village Inn is at 31943 Agoura Road, and its dining includes Stonehaus, Club Louie's and Mediterraneo. Mediterraneo is at 32037 Agoura Road and Club Louie's is at 32001. Westlake Golf Course has its address at 4812 Lakeview Canyon Road, one of the segment's two bounding streets, and the project's own map labels the work zone near the course.
Here is how the season's posted dates line up with the posted work hours:
| Date | Where | What | Against the posted work hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Nov. 26 | Mediterraneo | Thanksgiving dinner | A weekday, but a holiday dinner |
| Sunday, Dec. 6 | Club Louie's | Dave Marotta & Friends, 6 and 8 p.m. | Weekend evening |
| Friday, Dec. 18 | Club Louie's | Sidetracs, 8 to 10 p.m., no cover, 21+ | Weekday, well after 4 p.m. |
| Every Wednesday and Saturday | Westlake Golf Course | Men's Club play | Wednesdays fall inside weekday hours |
The current bulletin lists work Monday through Friday from about 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and says hours may vary by activity and location. By those posted hours, most of the season's evening plans on this stretch fall outside the crews' working day. There are two catches. The October 5 notice expected both daytime and nighttime work over the life of the project. And the bulletin lists parking restrictions and turn restrictions along with lane closures, so a left turn you take for granted could be closed off at any point in a given phase.
Mediterraneo's Thanksgiving menu for 2026 offers four entrée choices at $115 per person plus tax. Beverages and gratuity are not included. The restaurant's happenings page has the listing and a link to reservations. Golfers who play midweek should know that the course says it is open 365 days a year, and that its Men's Club plays Wednesdays and Saturdays all year, according to the Westlake Golf Course Men's Club page. A Wednesday tee time falls on a workday, so it is worth allowing extra time.
Staying ahead of a moving work zone
The work zone changes every week, so last week's detour may not apply this week. The tools that help are the ones the project updates itself:
- The weekly bulletin. The Westlake Village construction page is updated by week and says where crews are working. Check it before a Thursday dinner or a Wednesday tee time.
- Email updates. The same page has a sign-up form for Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks construction updates, so you can get the Agoura Hills restriping notices too.
- The outreach line. The Project Outreach Team answers questions at (818) 245-4440.
- The flaggers. The bulletin asks drivers to follow posted signs and the directions of traffic-control staff, and to allow extra travel time.
The project says it will keep access to homes and businesses open whenever possible. For an 8 p.m. show at Club Louie's or a Thanksgiving table at Mediterraneo, that may mean taking a different turn than usual or waiting briefly at a flagger, so leaving a little early is the simplest cushion.
If you're a homeowner near Agoura Road and wondering whether months of construction outside will affect your plans to sell, the Shari Schiff Team follows this corridor week by week and can walk you through how timing affects showings and marketing. Request your complimentary home valuation, and we'll include the latest on the Agoura Road schedule.
