 July 19, 2024
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We made it the weekend! Some of you may be H-O-T T-O G-O, and we're hoping you K-N-O-W B-4 U G-O. Make your travels more *iconic* by planning ahead. Expect to see more construction/maintenance activities and events on the roads this weekend. Remember, unplanned road closures are possible and to obey traffic signs. Look out for our crews and have safe travels!
Wildfire season is here.
 This week's incident has been named the Easy Fire and is burning approximately half a mile away from the roadway. If you're head out for an adventure on SR 20/North Cascades Highway this weekend, please plan ahead for the potential of unplanned closures. Do NOT pull off the highway between mileposts 148 and 158 and to remain alert for fire response and maintenance crews in the area. Reminder: wildfires can mean quickly changing conditions and the road may close again depending on fire activity.
A five-day long closure of SR 546/East Badger Road just east of Northwood Road in Lynden begins this Sunday for fish passage construction. Here’s the scoop:
- From 6 a.m. Monday, July 22 until 5 a.m. Friday, July 26: Both directions of SR 546/East Badger Road will close between Northwood Road (milepost 3.5) and a bit west of Trapline Road (milepost 6). Travelers can use SR 539/Guide Meridian Road, SR 544/East Pole Road, and SR 9 (or vice-versa) to navigate around the closure points.
Plan for extra travel time along the detour or seek alternate routes. We know a full closure isn’t great, but it allows us to get this work done a lot faster. While the road is closed, we’ll make modifications to the wing walls of the fish passage structure along Kamm Ditch underneath the highway.
 This week our contractor crews installed a fish exclusion, which protects the fish and the creek during the construction. You may have seen flaggers alternating traffic through a single lane to accommodate this work.
After the full closure wraps on Friday, you should still expect single lane alternating traffic closures will continue through the end of July. Construction is expected to wrap up before the NW Washington Fair.
We often have special events and roadwork taking place in the Northend, including construction projects, maintenance and repairs. We always try to minimize any effects to travel, but sometimes it is necessary to close a lane to do the work or create a safe work zone for our crews.
While we aren't doing a lot of roadwork this week, our crews will still be out monitoring and keeping the roads safe. If you spot them, slow down and give them space to work! A huge thanks to our crews for all their hard work through the holidays.
Want more information? Visit our real time travel center, where these projects and repairs can be found on our travel map, and download our app to receive alerts directly to your smartphone.
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Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21
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From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, July 19, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 20 and 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 21, the Darrington Blue Grass Musical Festival will be at the Music Park on SR 530. Give yourself extra time to get there, and enjoy the bluegrass! Music Festival
Saturday, July 20
- From 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 20 bridge maintenance crews will close the right lane of both directions of Interstate 5 in Burlington at the Skagit River Bridge (milepost 228) for bridge work.
- From 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 20 2024 Tour de Whatcom will use SR 11, SR 539, SR 542, SR 544, SR 546, SR 548, various city and county roads and near I-5 in Whatcom County.
Sunday, July 21 to Friday, July 26
- Daily, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., contractor crews will alternate traffic on State Route 546 (Badger Road) in Lynden between Northwood Road (milepost 4) and Trapline Road (milepost 5) for construction related to the Kamm Ditch Fish Passage project.
Monday, July 22 to Thursday, July 25
- Daily from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 22 to Thursday, July 26, PSE crews will alternate traffic with flaggers on State Route 542 in Glacier between Casey Road (milepost 23) and Chandelier Lodge (milepost 35) for fire prevention repairs.
Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26
- Until further notice, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, contractor crews will intermittently alternate traffic on State Route 20 east of Concrete between Sauk Store Road (milepost 94) and Hornbeck Lane (milepost 95) for road construction related to a fish passage project. The work is expected to end at noon on Fridays.
Thursday, July 25
- From 11 p.m. Thursday, July 25 to 3 a.m. Friday, July 26 Ziply crews will close the right lanes of both northbound and southbound State Route 543/Truck Route near D Street (milepost 1) for fiber optic cable installation. Crews will also have intermittent, brief traffic holds.
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