Los Angeles (CNN) -- The opening scenes to a massive highway project dubbed "Carmageddon II" have so far been free of traffic jams, officials said Saturday. The construction project is shutting down this weekend a mountainous 10-mile section of a Los Angeles highway that's one of the nation's busiest freeways. Motorists have been told to stay home to avoid massive gridlock. "So far, 'Carmageddon II' is an excellent sequel," Los Angeles Fire Capt. Alicia Mathis said. "Carmageddon II" repeats last year's closure of the same section of Interstate 405, which had been expected to be so apocalyptic that Los Angeles residents labeled the weekend shutdown "Carmageddon."
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Residents appear to be heeding warnings
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This weekend's closure of Interstate 405 is dubbed "Carmageddon II'
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The 405 is a critical artery that will be closed for 10 miles through mountains
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A closure last year was dubbed Carmageddon
The theatrical play on words captures @placeholder' love affair with the automobile -- and its dread of common traffic jams -- but last year's evacuation of the highway went smoothly, causing no paralysis.