Date:  Thursday, July 02, 2009

Contact: Kim Mueller, WSDOT Asst. Project Engineer, 360-412-3422
             WSDOT Communications, 360-357-2703

SPANAWAY – Three weeks of paving, grinding and striping on State Route 7 and Spanaway Loop Road (SR 704) begins Monday, July 6, as crews surge toward a late-summer completion of the first of five SR 704 Cross-Base Highway projects.

Drivers should expect daytime lane shifts July 6, 7 and 8.

There will be single- and double-lane closures on weekdays, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., July 13 – 24. Also during this time, there will be three nights of closures of Spanaway Loop Road between SR 7 and 174th Street. Only emergency vehicles and local residents will be able to access Spanaway Loop Road during the closures. A signed detour will be available. Work is weather dependent and no weekend work is anticipated.

WSDOT and project contractor Ceccanti, Inc. broke ground on this $7.35 million safety project in July 2008. Dedicated right-turn lanes from Spanaway Loop Road to southbound SR 7 and left-hand turn lanes from SR 7 to Spanaway Loop Road improve safety and ease back-ups during peak travel times.

The remaining four SR 704 projects will be completed as funding becomes available. The new corridor stretches east to west between Fort Lewis and McChord military bases and provides congestion relief and reduced delays on I-5, SR 512, SR 7 and county roads.
Project information online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR704/CrossBase/
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