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Project Title & Location
I-5/Rush Road to 13th Street - Chehalis
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Project Description
Improves freight mobility, economic development and safety by adding one lane in each direction from Rush Road to 13th Street and constructing an interchange at LaBree Road. There are currently four lanes (two in each direction). There will be six lanes when this project is completed.
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Contractor/Consultant
Project is not yet advertised or awarded.
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Recent Progress
A consultant, CH2M Hill, has been hired to assist WSDOT on this project. The consultants will support this project through the environmental phase. Team chartering sessions and a cost risk assessment workshop have been conducted. The LaBree access point decision report has been sent to the Federial Highway Administration on September 30, 2003. The Project Team is developing the scope for the work. The survey crew is collecting data.
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Design Construction Impacts
The WSDOT design team will start gathering field data for the LaBree interchange area by late August. No traffic impacts are anticipated during this phase of design.
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Environmental Impacts / Compliance
Some wetlands will be unavoidably impacted. The North Fork Newaukum wetland bank credits will be used to mitigate these impacts. A hazardous material site has been identified and is located in the southwest quadrant of the LaBree Road interchange. Project impacts are unknown at this time.
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Impacts to Traffic
Construction will be staged and an aggressive public awareness campaign will be used to minimize traffic impacts. I-5 may be restricted to one lane, each direction at night while staging is completed. Two lanes will be open in each direction during the daytime and at night as staging allows.
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