I-405 as a freeway might as well not exist this weekend for anyone with plans between Renton and Bellevue.
All lanes of the freeway, in both directions, will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday night to 5 a.m. Monday morning.
“It’s a long detour through city streets, businesses along the way, and lots of stoplights,” the Washington Department of Transportation’s Craig Smiley said. “We will have uniformed police officers all along the route to help prioritize traffic through the area. We’ve also worked with the City of Renton and the City of Bellevue to optimize signal timing and try to do our best.”“We’re expecting some pretty impactful traffic problems around the area with this,” Smiley said.
I asked Smiley why this couldn’t have been done at another time. “We need weather,” he said. “We need clear, dry weather to be able to get this work done and maximize production to be able to get that much work done in three days. We also have to work within a fish window. A period of time that fish are moving in and out for spawning. It’s specified by Washington that we have to get this done ahead of the upcoming season.
“We’ll have over 100 people on site doing construction this weekend,” he said. “We’re looking at 7000 cubic yards of material that will be excavating and replacing and over 1000 square feet of pavement will be replaced.”on the east side and a complete redesign of the 44th interchange.
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