Date:  Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Contact: Brenden Clarke, Project Engineer, 360-870-3010
             Emily Pace, WSDOT Communications, 360-349-4171

BURLEY – WSDOT shifts traffic and lowers the speed limit next week from 50 mph to 40 mph on eastbound State Route 16 at Burley Olalla Road. Shifting traffic is the next step in building a new interchange in Kitsap County.

Motorists can expect single-lane closures from 5 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday to allow crews to re-stripe the roadway.

Lowering the speed limit helps keep drivers and workers safe in the work zone. The speed drops in the eastbound direction only, because westbound lanes shift only slightly. The speed reduction will be in place for the remainder of the project. Completion is scheduled for fall 2010.

This $24.3 million safety project eliminates the last at-grade intersection on SR 16 where traffic crosses the median. When complete, two new bridges will carry SR 16 traffic over Burley Olalla Road. New on- and off-ramps will also be built.

When the project is completed, the speed limit increases to 60 mph on this stretch of SR 16, traveled by about 42,000 vehicles a day.

For more project information visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr16/burleyolalla/.

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