WSDOT says add an hour to travel plans this weekend
Aug 9, 2012, 5:53 AM | Updated: Aug 10, 2012, 9:11 am
A major weekend of construction in the Puget Sound area means major backups on the roads.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says they have one motto for Friday through Monday morning.
“Start early and add an hour is what we’re telling people,” says Bart Treece with WSDOT.
Treece says the 520 floating bridge will be closed between Montlake Boulevard and I-405 in Bellevue. State Route 167 between I-405 and South 180th St/Southwest 43rd Street will also be closed.
Treece explains the projects are all happening at once because it’s all about getting the job done quickly with great conditions that happened to land on this weekend.
“Number one it’s dry, we’ve got great August weather. People are still on vacation right now so we have relatively low traffic volumes. Those kind of combinations, and that we don’t have a lot of major events downtown, it makes this a great weekend for us to get in there and get the job done quickly,” says Treece.
All the closed roads will reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday.
