Date:
Friday, June 13, 2008
Contact:
Amir Ahmadi, WSDOT Project Engineer, 425-225-8700 (Everett)
Aurora Jones, WSDOT Communications, 206-440-4697 (Seattle)
Crews to replace water main and repave the highway
MARYSVILLE – Beginning this Sunday, June 15, nighttime drivers through Marysville will notice construction crews at work on State Route 528 (4th Street). WSDOT and contractor Granite Northwest Inc. are starting a project to repave half a mile of SR 528 and replace a water main beneath the roadway.
Crews will spend a few nights preparing the site for construction before beginning work to excavate the water main, which runs beneath the eastbound lanes of SR 528.
“Replacing the water main is a preventative measure,” explains WSDOT Project Engineer Amir Ahmadi. “The water main has settled and is at risk to crack and leak, which could damage the roadway. Installing a new water main will reduce that risk.”
In addition to replacing the water main, crews will grind and repave all lanes of SR 528 from just west of I-5 to SR 529 (State Avenue). Crews will work on SR 528 moving from west to east as they excavate and replace the water line, fill in the roadway, and pave the area. To keep traffic moving during the day, crews will complete the majority of construction at night when fewer vehicles are on the road.
Throughout the summer, drivers should expect multiple lane closures on SR 528 from just west of I-5 to SR 529 Sunday through Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the westbound direction and from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. in the eastbound direction. At least one lane in each direction will remain open at all times. Drivers should also expect occasional nightly closures of the ramps to and from northbound and southbound I-5 in Marysville as crews pave at the base of the ramps.
There will be no lane closures during the city of Marysville’s Strawberry Festival, the Homegrown Festival, or the Grand Opening of the Tulalip Tribe Hotel and Convention Center.
This $1.4 million project is scheduled to wrap up by late 2008. For more information on the project, visit project Web site at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR528/I5ToSR529Paving/.
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