Date:  Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Contact: Janice Fahning, WSDOT Project Engineer, 425-225-8799 (Everett)
Aurora Jones, WSDOT Communications, 206-440-4470 (Seattle)

ARLINGTON – Today, crews will start final paving work on two miles of SR 9 near Arlington, bringing a $20.7 million safety improvement project nearer to a close.

“We’re excited to put the finishing touches on this project,” says Project Engineer Janice Fahning. “Paving the final layer before cold weather hits will guarantee that we complete the project on time.”

Crews are paving SR 9 in half-mile sections from Schloman Road to 268th Street NE, working various shifts over the next week from 7 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Friday until paving and striping is complete. While crews pave, flaggers will alternate traffic between the northbound and southbound lanes as crews work on the other side of the roadway.

Paving is weather dependent and will require three to four days of warm, dry weather. Once crews finish paving, they will start work on permanent striping, which will take an additional one to two days. Providing that warm weather remains in the forecast, crews expect to wrap up work by early October.

When this project is complete, drivers will notice smooth pavement, reflective striping, and new left-turn lanes at 252nd Street NE and 268th Street NE. Drivers have already benefited from a new, straight one-mile section of highway between Harvey Creek Road and 252nd Street NE, which opened to traffic in June 2008.

This $20.7 million Nickel-funded project is scheduled for completion in fall 2008. For more information on the project, visit project Web site at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR9/SchlomanTo268thNE/

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