Date:  Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Contact: Mike Westbay, WSDOT Region Communications Manager, (509) 577-1617 (Yakima)
Ken Lakey, WSDOT Electronic Supervisor, (360) 570-2374 (Olympia)

Traffic Advisory

Equipment problems cause WSDOT crews to delay US 12 repairs near Naches

NACHES –The US 12 closures scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 17 and 18, have been cancelled until further notice. WSDOT crews were scheduled to repair traffic recorders on US 12 near the US 12/SR 410 junction on Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WSDOT will send out a traffic advisory when the work is rescheduled.

For more construction and maintenance project information visit:
wsdot.wa.gov/Regions/SouthCentral/Construction/

The Washington State Patrol reminds motorists that traffic fines double in roadway construction zones and encourages anyone who witnesses an erratically driven vehicle within a work zone to call 911 with a description of the vehicle, and if possible a license pate number.
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