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North Central Construction

Traffic fines are doubled in work zones when workers are present.

This telephone hotline provides traffic, transit, construction, mountain pass and weather reports.

Weekly Travel Advisory

for the week of May 12th 

Last updated: May 9th, 11 a.m. 
Contact: Communications Manager Jeff Adamson (509) 667-2815
Click on the project title to visit any project's web page.
Schedules are dependant on weather and no construction delays.

This Saturday (May 10) there are several parades that will affect traffic for short periods of time:

  • SR 20 in Winthrop: 49er Day Parade 11 a.m. to Noon - local detour available
  • US 97 Oroville: May Day Festival Parade 9:30 to 11 a.m. - local detour
  • SR 150 in Manson: Apple Blossom Festival Parade 8 a.m. to Noon - local detour
  • SR 155 in Grand Coulee: Colorama Parade 11 a.m. to Noon - local detour

Region Wide


NCR Seal 2008
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Expect only short delays with single lane alternating flagger controlled traffic where crews are working.
Two crews are working in Douglas, Chelan, Grant and Okanogan Counties, this week:
  • One crew will finish preleveling (hot mix asphalt patching) on SR 207 from US 2 to Lake Wenatchee then, they'll move to SR 20, 13 miles east of Tonasket, then  on to SR 173 from Brewster to Bridgeport.
  • A second crew continues installation of new lighting and poles on SR 17 at Baseline Road, at Road 2 SE and Road M SE.
In this $5.1 million project, Central Washington Asphalt, Inc. is chip sealing 128 miles of pavement on 7 state highways in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams and Okanogan Counties - Work began April 14th and should be complete in mid July.
Project Engineer: Bob Romine (509) 667-2880

Chelan County


US 2/97 (MP 104-105) Peshastin East Interchange
The speed limit through the work zone is reduced to 35 MPH.
  • US 2 traffic is now shifted onto a temporary bypass road. 
  • Traffic at the Big Y intersection is controlled by a temporary traffic signal. 
  • Blewett Junction (Cutoff) Road, Doghouse Road and Big Y Junction Road intersections with US 2 are all permanently closed.
This week, KLB crews continue excavating for the new underpass bridges. They will also be hauling dirt to the Jeske-Saunders intersection.
In this $9.8 million project, KLB Construction, Inc. is constructing a new grade-separated interchange at the intersection of US 2 and US 97 at the Big Y - Work began April 7th and should be complete in 2009.
Project Engineer: Eric Pierson (509) 667-2870

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US 2/97 West of Cashmere - Safety Improvements (2 projects) 
Monday through Thursday,
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Expect shoulder or lane closures where crews are working. (At least one will be open in each direction at all times). 
This week, crews will: 
  • Continue installing light pole bases at Goodwin/Hay Canyon Road (shoulder closures).  
  • Continue with drainage work a mile west of Dryden (lane closure). 
  • Continue installing a sign bridge foundation just west of the Big Y (shoulder and lane closures).
  • Continue installing guardrail on bridges from Cashmere to Dryden (lane closures).
In this $1.8 million project, Basin Asphalt, Inc. is constructing a traffic signal at the intersection of US 2/97 and Goodwin/Hay Canyon Roads and installing 6.2 miles of concrete median barrier between Cashmere and the Big Y - Work began May 5th and should be complete in mid August.
Project Engineer: Bob Romine (509) 667-2880

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SR 150 (MP 7.77) Chelan Private Developer Project
Weekdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Friday, May 16th, expect one of three lanes between Nixon Avenue and Lake Street, near the Red Apple Market to be closed.  Follow the signs and traffic cones and watch out for pedestrians.
Chelan Public Works Director Dan Baker  (509) 682-0575

Douglas County


SR 28 (MP 12) Rock Island Rock Slope Nettings 
Tuesday through Friday ONLY, During daylight hours:
  • Expect 4 more days days of short delays with single lane, flagger controlled, alternating traffic as crews finish installing rock bolts in one section of the slope, above the highway.
In this $2.4 million project, Janod Inc. is removing unstable rock from the slope above the highway and installing rock bolts and steel netting - Work began March 28th should be complete by October.
Project Engineer: Bob Romine (509) 667-2880

Okanogan County


US 97 (MP 310) Janis Bridge Deck Repair
Tuesday and Wednesday ONLY, Expect ten minute delays with single lane, alternating, flagger controlled traffic.  On Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WSDOT Region Bridge crewmembers will be patching the deck of this bridge, 1-1/2 miles south of Tonasket.

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US 97 (MP 292) Stampede Bridge Deck Repair
Thursday ONLY, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Expect ten minute delays with single lane, alternating flagger controlled traffic.
WSDOT Region Bridge crewmembers will be patching the deck of this bridge, a mile north of Omak.

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SR 153 (MP 3-16) Methow River Bridges-Deck and Rail Repair
The temporary signals are now functioning at two bridges. A 10 foot wide-load restriction is in effect.
This week, MRM crews will:
  • Finish removing the baluster rails and installing formwork for the new sidewalk supports on Bridge #3 and #10.
  • Begin installation of new guardrail across bridge #4. During daylight hours, this work will require up to ten minute delays with flagger controlled traffic.
This two-season project repairs 5 bridges on SR 153 in Okanogan County. The bridge deck surfaces, rails, or sidewalks are deteriorated on Bridges 153/3, 153/4, 153/10, 153/14, and 153/15. The concrete deck surfaces and bridge rails on all five are being repaired. Deck surfaces on #14 and #15 were paved with Hot Mix Asphalt last summer and #3 and #10 will be paved this summer. Sidewalks on #14 were retrofitted with new supports last summer and will be retrofitted on #10, this summer. Season #1's work began April 30th, 2007 and was complete September 13th. Season #2's work began April 21st, 2008. 
Project Engineer: Eric Pierson (509) 667-2870

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(Coming Soon) US 97 (MP 283-320) Roadside Safety Improvements
Work between Okanogan and Tonasket, begins on May 19th.
In this $750,000 project
, Scarsella Bros.crews will flatten roadside slopes, remove hazards, and install new guardrail along three sections of US 97 in Kittitas, Chelan and Okanogan Counties where as many as 40% of the crashes have been off-the-road collisions. Work begins May 19th and should be complete by the end of June.
Project Engineer: Terry Mattson (509) 667-2899

Grant County


SR 17 (MP 50-59) Moses Lake North - Paving
Monday through Friday, daylight hours, Expect one of two lanes to be closed where crews are working:
Central Washington Asphalt will finish up paving on Monday. Then crews will begin cutting in rumble strips, adjusting valve, monument and manhole covers and installing extruded curbing.
In this $2 million project, Central Washington Asphalt, Inc. is paving about 5 1/2 miles between I-90 and Randolph Road that wasn't paved in last summer's Pioneer to Stratford widening project - Work started April 14th should be complete by late June.
Project Engineer: Eric Pierson (509) 667-2870

Adams County


SR 24 (MP 76) Atkinson Road Channelization/Illumination Project
Wednesday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.:
  • Expect no delays. 
  • Shoulder may be closed at times. 

In this $48,000 "low cost enhancement fund" traffic project, Central Washington Asphalt, Inc. is widening SR 24 to install a left turn lane and two new luminaires. Work began April 30 and should be complete in 3 weeks, before this section is paved in the NCR 2008 Chip Seal Project by the end of May. (CWA, Inc. is the contractor for that project, too).
Special Projects Engineer: Wick McCurdy (509) 667-3067

2008 Projects

 

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