Date:  Friday, May 01, 2009

Contact: Dustin Terpening, WSDOT communications, 360-757-5997
Dave Crisman, Project Engineer, 360-428-1593

STANWOOD – Crews will begin construction Monday to repair broken concrete panels and smooth bumps along northbound Interstate 5 near Stanwood. Drivers can expect lane shifts and shoulder and lane closures both at night and during the day.

Construction work will stretch for more than seven miles, from south of State Route 532 in Snohomish County to north of Starbird Road in Skagit County. Crews will spend the first week installing signs, restriping and modifying the shoulders of the interstate in preparation for repair work.

Crews will close the left and right shoulders of northbound I-5 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, May 4 and 5. Crews will close two lanes of I-5 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5 and 6. Crews will also close one lane of I-5 continuously from 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, through 5 p.m. Thursday, May 12.

The $4.7 million repair project is expected to employ approximately 45 people into the fall this year.

An average of 59,000 vehicles use this stretch of I-5 daily. The road is rutted and cracked due to its age and high traffic volumes.

Crews will repair and replace broken concrete panels, level and tie uneven panels together, and grind the rough driving surfaces smooth during the six-month construction project.

Repairing the pavement will reduce costly temporary repairs, provide drivers with a safe and smooth ride, and ensure that the roadway will last well into the future.

For more project details, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/SR532ToHillDitch/.  

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