The freeway will be closed from Sunset Boulevard in Renton to Coal Creek Parkway in Factoria. All the northbound on and off ramps along that corridor will be closed as well.

“We’re really doing a lot of work this weekend,” Washington Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) Craig Smiley said. “It’s going to be a lot of paving, a lot of panel replacements. We’re continuing to install drainage structures, so a couple of drainage crossings and setting some noise wall panels as well.”

This is all part of the .

The designated . This isn’t the first time that road has been used for a detour route, and it won’t be the last. Past closures have created long backups.

“Anytime we have to take traffic off the freeway and divert it onto surface streets, obviously it doesn’t have the capacity to handle the volumes that the freeway typically would, so we are expecting some fairly significant backups,” Smiley said.

WSDOT will do what it can to help with that.

“We’ll have uniformed police officers along the detour group to help move traffic along,” Smiley said. “We monitor it throughout the weekend. If we see opportunities to where one particular intersection is getting worse than other, we try to redeploy resources as best we possibly can to keep stuff moving.”

WSDOT says to avoid I-405 north

The best advice is to avoid I-405 north. If you can’t, try to travel a little earlier or a little later.

“We know that there’s going to be a lot of grads and dads trying to get around to different functions this weekend,” Smiley said. “We just really want to get the word out that if you’re going to be headed northbound on 405, do plan some extra time.”

The expansion of I-405 and the express toll lanes from Bellevue to Renton was scheduled to wrap up by the end of the year. That has been pushed into 2026.

The northbound closure is set to start at 11:30 p.m. on Friday. The freeway should open by 4 a.m. on Monday.

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It’s been a grind heading in from Issaquah every morning and heading back into town on weekends ever since the project got started early last year.

I-90 west HOV lane closed for Sunset Creek Fish Passage project

To make room to build several new bridges and create a large work zone, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has closed the HOV lanes in both directions in Factoria. But Friday morning, the westbound HOV lane in the area will reopen, ending that long daily backup. This reopening is seven months ahead of schedule.

“We’d like to get the traffic impacts taken care of so that we can work offline, off of the road, whether it be underneath or to the side,” WSDOT project manager Seth Belknap said.

The HOV on-ramp from 142nd will also reopen. That will give cars and buses direct access to the Bellevue Park and Ride again. The eastbound HOV lane is expected to open early next year.

“We’re looking sometime early 2026 to open the eastbound side,” Belknap said. “Work will continue underneath the bridges as we work down towards the stream elevation, and we’re on schedule to be completed with this project by the end of 2026, early 2027.”

But this great news will come with a lot of overnight pain for drivers the rest of this week.

To move the barriers and re-stripe the freeway, WSDOT will close up to three lanes in the westbound direction from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly, through Thursday. You should also expect ramp closures during these overnight hours as well.

This Sunset Creek Fish Passage project is one of the most ambitious in the state so far. Contractors are digging down more than 70 feet to restore access to the creek.

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Northbound I-5 is going to be a mess in the middle of the prime summer driving season because the Ship Canal Bridge is getting . Approximately 20% of the bridge deck will be repaired and resurfaced over the summer, work that is long overdue.

“It’s work that needs to be done,” Tom Pearce, communications consultant with WSDOT, said. “The Ship Canal Bridge is 60 years old. We’ve been out to do repairs more than 200 times in the last five years on the bridge, both northbound and southbound, and we need to get in there and do more work so that we can preserve the bridge.”

Construction starts June 20

On the weekend of June 20, the northbound Ship Canal Bridge will be reduced to just two lanes, but that’s just the appetizer.

All northbound lanes will be closed across the bridge the weekend of July 18, and that will be followed by four straight weeks of construction, where only two lanes of the bridge will be open. A final full-weekend closure is set for the weekend of Aug. 15.

“This is going to be a really challenging project for us and for the public,” Pearce said. “We recognize that for people who are traveling. This is going to create some headaches.”

Expect this to have a regional impact.

“This is really going to affect everybody who travels, usually along I-5, because whenever you reduce lanes, all those people still have to go somewhere,” Pearce said.

The northbound express lanes will be open the entire time of these closures, which will impact the southbound morning commute as well.

The plan had been to do this work over several months, but that was scrapped by budget issues earlier this year. This smaller-scale work was set up to try and get ahead of the work that’s coming next year.

“Doing the work this year gives us a head start so that we can be sure to have things wrapped up in time to open the whole bridge during the World Cup,” Pearce said.

WSDOT hasn’t figured out how and when it will do the southbound repair work on the Ship Canal Bridge. That is expected later this year, but it’s not expected to be a week-long closure at this point.

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There have been more than 100 crashes and several deaths on the corridor. But the worst problem has nothing to do with the trains.

Light rail trains whiz down MLK with cars, pedestrians, and bikes stopped just feet away. There are 27 at-grade crossings on the corridor, all potential places for tragedy. I met with Sound Transit’s David Jackson at MLK and South Dawson Street, one of the more dangerous intersections on the alignment. The biggest problem with cars and trains sharing the same road?

“Our biggest incident we have at MLK with the trains running down the track is illegal left turns,” Jackson said.

Did you know 63% of all crashes between trains and cars are caused by drivers making illegal left turns, even though there are large signs posted that left turns are not allowed. And it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize that the car is going to lose every time.

“Trains are bigger and faster than many people expect,” Jackson said. “They cannot stop on a dime, like a Toyota. It takes a while for them to stop. If you think you’re going to beat the train, you might not.”

Sound Transit adding new striping on MLK Way

Sound Transit is trying to get the public’s attention at with new striping just before the tracks.

Sound Transit is working to prevent crashes on MLK Way. (Photo: Chris Sullivan, 成人X站 Newsradio)

“We’ve also just added these dynamic pavement markings, which are designed to keep people out of the dynamic envelope of the train,” Jackson said. “If you’re on those crisscross paintings, you are in a dangerous spot.”

I’m not sure if this paint job will work where the giant red and white signs have not, but it’s one more way .

“That’s all we’re designing to do here,” Jackson said. “We’re designed to make it easy to pay attention, to make doing the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult.”

Sound Transit is painting the intersections鈥攖wo near the Columbia City Station and two near the Rainier Beach Station鈥攐ver the next few weeks.

It’s just one more tool that Sound Transit is trying out to make the MLK Way corridor better. It is even considering pedestrian gates to prevent people from crossing the tracks at these intersections.

“I think we’ve gotten better,” Jackson said. “People are aware of the issue. We’re doing more awareness campaigns so that people understand what the dangers are and why it’s important they follow the rules of the road here, and also the rules for pedestrians.”

There have been 25 train versus pedestrian or bicyclist crashes on the corridor since it opened 16 years ago.

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Boots on the ground weren’t cutting it anymore for global construction and development firm , especially when it had a seven-mile-long construction zone at I-405 and State Route 522 (SR 522) in Bothell/Woodinville.

Skanska’s project superintendent, Scott Turner, told me that a traditional security guard for a project this big didn’t make sense.

“We have found that that is not very helpful these days,” he said. “Usually our security guard is asleep, or doesn’t show up, or isn’t actually monitoring the site, as they’re being paid to do.”

Utilizing AI to combat thieves

Construction sites and companies have become prime targets for thieves and vandals. They can slip into job sites unnoticed and make off with just about anything.

“We’ve had trucks show up missing,” Turner said. “They will also break into our conex boxes and steal whatever tools they can carry.”

Wiring. Supplies. Vandalism. Turner said the company has looked for other ways to monitor their site and deter crime.

That’s when he found Sam Joseph, the co-founder and CEO of , a remote security firm in Silicon Valley, who uses AI to augment or replace traditional guards. Hakimo sets up the cameras, and AI watches for anomalies.

“Cameras are like eyes, and then AI is like a brain for those eyes,” Joseph said. “AI now enables cameras to understand what’s happening in front of them.”

Hakimo’s cameras can detect someone in the yard or climbing a fence, and the AI will respond. It can give a recorded voice to that intruder to scare them away. It can send an alert to the company or a monitoring facility for more action.

“The AI detects that and then escalates it to a real human operator, who can then call Scott or someone on site, or if it’s something really serious, call law enforcement directly,” Joseph said.

AI security covers the vital details

AI can be faster and more efficient than security guards.

“That’s why we call our offering remote guarding,” Joseph said. “It’s providing what a guard can provide, but remotely at a fraction of the cost.”

For Turner and Skanska, the 15-camera system being used at this eastside project is working so far.

“It has seemed to work,” he said. “We haven’t caught anybody because I don’t think there’s been anybody to catch. The cameras themselves are quite a good deterrent.”

Just a reminder of what Skanska and the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) are doing at this location, it is to add a second express toll lane from where it ends at SR 522 to Canyon Park at State Route 527 (SR 527). There are new ramps and new access to support bus rapid transit.

The project is scheduled for completion in 2028.

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You won’t be able to get to Mowich Lake and the other fun spots south of the Carbon River Canyon until at least 2031. That’s the estimate from the Washington Department of Transportation’s Cara Mitchell.

“It’s looking like a six-year process with the environmental permitting, tearing down the existing bridge, and getting the design in place and rebuilding,” Mitchell said. “It’s a long time frame. It’s not an easy task.”

That鈥檚 why WSDOT has accelerated the process, just a month after the 103-year-old bridge was closed due to . The agency is preparing to launch an and host two public forums to discuss next steps. WSDOT has since presented three basic options for the public to consider.

Rainier hiking closure stalls outdoor access

“There’s a no-build option, which is a permanent road closure. There’s a bridge replacement in the same vicinity, and then rerouting State Route 165 on a new alignment to either the east or the west of the canyon,” Mitchell said.

The state is relying on this public feedback, especially from the local community, to guide the ultimate decision.

“We know that this is this has been a challenge for the communities,” Mitchell said.聽 “It’s a challenge for anybody who has enjoyed the wilderness back there. And we’re working as fast as we can to get the planning study up and running.”

WSDOT hopes to have the initial work completed quickly. However, even with $ 9 billion in new taxes just passed by the legislature and the governor, there is no money earmarked for this project.

“We don’t have funding to rebuild the bridge, to replace the bridge, to repair the bridge, or to even take it down at this point,” Mitchell said.

WSDOT blames this closure on the legislature’s long history of deferring maintenance on this bridge, citing its spending priorities. There is a nine-mile, one-lane emergency detour into the area south of the bridge, but it is only for locals.

The lane closures should start around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning on southbound I-5 through the Maytown area, which is south of Tumwater and north of Centralia.

“You could see up to seven-mile delays,” WSDOT’s Doug Adamson said. “If you’re heading down to Centralia or if you’re heading down to Vancouver, plan on a lot of extra time.”

Two lanes of southbound I-5 will be closed until about noon for surface repairs and pothole filling.

I-5 lane closures could cause major delays

“Where the potholes are lined up in just a place where we need double lane closures, meaning I-5 will be down to a single lane for over a two-mile section,” Adamson said.

The closure will last until 12 p.m. Tuesday.

“It’s one of those things where we have to get a lot of work done in a short period of time,” Adamson said. “The Pacific Northwest gives us a super short window to do a lot of work. If we could do work like this in December, we would, but the weather just isn’t conducive for that.”

This work could get pushed by a day or two if the weather is bad. It is weather-dependent. Similar lane closures are expected a little closer to the Lewis County line Monday and Tuesday of next week.

The contractors are trying to get this done before school lets out and summer driving begins.

“Nobody wants congestion. Nobody wants delays, but remember, we are working to keep the highway in good working order,” Adamson said.

The northbound lanes of I-5 need similar pothole and surface repairs, but that work will be done at night.

A listener asked me about that exact situation last week, and I decided to find out the answer.

Tommy hit me up on the 97.3 成人X站 FM text line last week and sent me this picture from the Scatter Creek rest area on I-5, north of Grand Mound. The pictures show about a dozen people, most in reflective WSDOT vests, watching one person working in a grassy area.

WSDOT Construction Training (Photo: courtesy of Chris Sullivan)

Tommy asked me what I could find out about what was happening. He was concerned that so many public employees appeared to be standing around when they could have been working.

Why WSDOT workers were just standing around

My initial thought was that this was a training session, but I reached out to WSDOT for confirmation.

WSDOT was testing out a new multi-functional lawn mower that also sweeps and plows bike lanes. It was also testing a remote-controlled mower. Any members of the WSDOT team who might end up using the equipment were invited. WSDOT wanted to get feedback from its workers on the equipment before deciding whether to buy it. So, this was a training session.

And I think this is a perfect example of how I want Chokepoints to work. I鈥檒l take any question and find out the answer if I can. It can be something really simple like this, or something major.

Just reach out. There are no silly questions.

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State Route 18 (SR 18) closes at 9 p.m. Thursday and won’t reopen until 5 a.m. next Wednesday. That’s slightly more than for drivers who just want to use SR 18 under I-90 in Snoqualmie.

“If you’re heading northbound on SR 18, you’re going to have to get on eastbound I-90, and if you’re headed southbound on Snoqualmie Parkway, you’re going to have to get on westbound I-90,” said David Rasbach, the construction communicator for the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT).

Westbound I-90 drivers will not be able to access southbound SR 18. Eastbound I-90 drivers will not be able to head up Snoqualmie Parkway. You will have to go to the next exit and loop around.

“Definitely expect extra time, plus you’ve got to factor in the little extra distance you have to travel for the detours looping out to the next interchanges,” Rasbach said.

And this might not be the only major full closure of SR 18 in this area. The contractor still needs some extended time to build the north end of the interchange.

“That is still to be determined,” Rasbach said. “That will either be another longer closure or a series of shorter closures. We’re still determining what will be the best way for that.”

The entire interchange, which is a , is on schedule to open this summer. The widening of SR 18 just south of I-90 should wrap up in the fall.

Big changes are coming over next few weeks

“We are anticipating moving traffic onto the new Deep Creek and Raging River bridges in the next few weeks, early June, perhaps, so that will be a big milestone for this project,” he said.

And a big change is coming for drivers. This will be the second completed diverging diamond interchange in the region, and it should make a huge difference.

“The whole reason we’re building the diverging diamond interchange is to improve traffic flow through this busy corridor, which is one of the busiest interchanges in the state.”

Once this work is complete, WSDOT will start on the down the west slope of Tiger Mountain to the Issaquah-Hobart Road.

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I know the Mariners are hotter than Hansel right now. I know it’s college night, and there are sweet neon green hats as a giveaway. But, please, please, please, none of that is worth your life.

Check out this video of fans before the game on April 29.

I know the 鈦︹仼 are hot, but there is no reason to do this while heading to a game. Do not climb over stopped trains (shot 4/29/25 on Holgate).

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My mouth hit the floor almost immediately while I was watching. When did jumping across trains to get to the stadium become normal?

People jumping across trains to get to Mariners games

I understand that being stuck behind a train is a pain, but this is not a good idea. That train could lurch suddenly, and next thing you know, you’re under the wheels and one of the 500 people a year who are killed by trespassing along tracks or climbing onto cars.

And don’t forget, another train could be crossing the adjacent tracks. It’s just not worth it.

And while I’m at it, stop running in front of light rail trains, too.

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“We’re left with a mystery,” WSDOT spokesperson Doug Adamson said. “We are left with a head-scratcher. This is something we haven’t seen before.”

Despite unknown factors causing the closure, everything above and below the water is working normally

Engineers have a working theory, but it isn’t very satisfying. They believe some sort of debris prevented the bridge from closing normally. That debris was then dislodged when a tug boat pushed the bridge back into place.

“That’s our best educated guess right now,” Adamson said. “It’s a little unsatisfying. It’s like reading a mystery novel and not finding out who the killer is.”

A regularly scheduled maintenance closure will go forward as planned on Thursday. The bridge continues to open and close normally.

“It’s a situation where we’re left saying we don’t know, but we’re in a spot where we’re feeling comfortable enough to keep that bridge open for traffic,” Adamson added.

Hood Canal Bridge reopens after 8-hour 鈥檈mergency closure鈥�

The 鈥渆mergency closure鈥� of the Hood Canal Bridge lasted most of the afternoon and evening on Monday.

WSDOT stated the closure was due to mechanical issues.

鈥淒uring a routine closure for a marine vessel at 1:02 p.m. on Monday, May 5, the bridge experienced a mechanical malfunction,鈥� the agency wrote. 鈥淲ashington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews are working to identify the cause of the malfunction.鈥�

The closure lasted from 1 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., adding approximately three hours to normal travel time while it was closed. Before the bridge reopened, WSDOT recommended that drivers take an alternative route through Shelton via State Route 3 and US 101.

Contributing: Julia Dallas, MyNorthwest

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Only the horn of a passing train was capable of drowning out the sound of pile-driving at the new maintenance facility under construction, just south of Holgate in SODO. This is needed so Amtrak can upgrade its trains and streamline maintenance.

Amtrak President Roger Harris visited the site on Friday for the first time.

“It’s really impressive, not only how much work has been done this quickly, but how large the facility is going to be,” he said in the shadow of massive piles being driven into the ground.

Because of the soft and wet soil, workers are de-watering 500,000 gallons from the site a day so they can install 140-foot-long pilings into the ground. When finished, the new 600-foot-long building will be able to accommodate Amtrak’s new , which will debut in Seattle next year.

A little on the road in SoDo visiting 鈦︹仼 鈦︹仼 new maintenance facility. Walked the site with Amtrak President Roger Harris. Hear it Tuesday on 鈦︹仼 and find more details 鈦︹仼

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The amenities and frequency of the new Amtrak trains

“It has 5G Wi-Fi,” Harris said. “It has a modern food service car, modern seating, lighting, etc, so the entire customer experience is far more contemporary.”

The new building is designed for these new trains and will make the maintenance process much more efficient.

“The trains will come in every day or so. They get a certain level of maintenance that’s planned in advance,” Harris said. “You don’t have to separate the train, move it to a different building, put it back together, etc. So it’s a much more careful car graph maintenance program, I would say.”

It will also keep the trains and the workers out of the rain.

“In the climate here in the Pacific Northwest, being able to put all the maintenance under cover 24/7 and have an air-conditioned work environment. It is also a substantially better work environment that improves worker productivity,” Harris said.

The new 100,000 square foot maintenance building is expected to open in 2027. It will be the first new maintenance yard to open out of the six Amtrak is building around the country.

Nearly one million people rode the Amtrak Cascades line last year. That’s a 41% increase over ridership in 2023, and has surpassed pre-pandemic ridership numbers in 2019.

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I told you a few weeks ago that the new TSA Checkpoint 1 on the lower level of the terminal should open in early June, and the old, but renamed, Checkpoint 6 at Alaska Airlines should open before Thanksgiving.

The construction on that north end should be done in time for the World Cup next year. Construction on the new four-story high-rise on is going well.

What’s after that? It’s not like the airport isn’t going to see growth in passenger travel after that.

Sea-Tac running out of room

Perry Cooper, the media relations manager for the Port of Seattle, said this work will just about max out the space they have.

“We’re really getting to the point where we don’t have any more place to go with this footprint, this campus spot,” Cooper said.

The airport is only on 2,500 acres. To put that in perspective, Denver International Airport is on 34,000 acres. The plan over the is to build a new terminal to the north.

“Really, our next opportunity is that sustainable airport master plan where we’ll have a second campus, a second terminal to the north end, that will end up relieving some of the congestion we have here in the main terminal,” Cooper said. “That’s really our next space.”

The will go where the current Doug Fox Parking lot is, just north of the cell phone lot, next to the cemetery. There would be a walkway over the expressway to the new terminal.

“We would have a check-in. We’d have new parking there as well too,” Cooper said. “We’d have a people mover connection that would connect it to this terminal as well too. And then we would have 19 new gates that would be built just on that side of it.”

The buildings to the west of the expressway, like the fire department and United Cargo, would be relocated to make room. Plans are still in the development phase. How passengers move between the new terminal hasn’t been decided.

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The northbound Steamboat Slough bridge is 98 years old. The southbound bridge is more than 70 years old. It’s time to get inside them and fix the guts.

“They’ve both been around a long time, and they both need to get this work done to make sure that they can continue to function,” Tom Pearce, a communications specialist with the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), said.

Unlike previous weekend closures, these closures will last four days each, from Friday night through Tuesday night.

“The work that our contractor is doing requires four days,” Pearce said. “They need to get into the bridge and do some mechanical work on the locking mechanism and make sure that everything else is working fine. It just takes time to complete all that work.”

You might not realize it, but maritime traffic relies on this bridge opening.

“These bridges only open about 30 times a year, but federal law does require us to maintain them,” Pearce said. “If marine traffic wants to go through, marine traffic actually has the right of way in this area.”

When the first of these closures is set to happen

The first two four-day closures begin at 11 p.m. Friday night. This will be a closure of the northbound span. Southbound will remain open. The closure will last until 11 p.m. Tuesday. Northbound drivers will still be able to access Smith Island via 28th Place NE.

“During the first two weekends, people will be able to go northbound onto Smith Island on SR 529, but they’ll have to take southbound to leave the island,” Pearce added.

The first two closures will be northbound. This weekend and next weekend. The southbound closures are scheduled for the third and fifth weekends of the month. There will be no work or closures over the Memorial Day weekend.

Approximately 19,000 vehicles use the Steamboat Bridge each day. I-5 is the primary alternate.

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For a state that considers itself so green and environmentally forward, we do a terrible job with littering. The Department of Ecology estimates that 38 million pounds of trash ends up on the sides of our roads every year鈥攖hat鈥檚 42% above the national average. A lot of that is dumped there on purpose. suggested that 25% of Washington residents admit to routinely throwing trash out the window.

Who are these people? Who still does this?

Litter not only makes our roads look bad, but it can also be dangerous.

Littering persists despite Washington鈥檚 green goals

Forty percent of and this stuff is really dangerous鈥攃oolers, lumber, household garbage. I鈥檓 sure we鈥檝e all had to swerve into another lane to avoid something flying out of a car in front of us. Another significant source is that quarter of people who just toss cigarette butts, cans, cups, or bags out the window. You might be surprised how many people simply dump their household garbage on the side of the road, or at park-and-rides and rest areas.

It costs the state about $12 million every year to pick up as much trash as it can. That cleanup effort takes state workers away from other important road work, like maintenance and fixing potholes.

WSDOT reports that more than 1,000 tons of trash were picked up last year鈥攖hat’s two million pounds of garbage. That includes more than 300 tons removed from or near homeless encampments.

It鈥檚 a good reminder to keep a small bag in your car and throw everything away when you gas up or get home. There鈥檚 no excuse for tossing anything out of your window鈥攁nd no excuse for failing to secure your load.

The company reported more than $19.4 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2025鈥攁n 18% increase over last year.

The commercial airplanes division led the way with a 75% increase in revenue compared to Q1 2024. It delivered 130 commercial jets, accounting for more than $8.1 billion in revenues. A significant reason for the improved figures is Boeing’s gradual increase producing 737s. The company is still expected to reach 38 per month this year.

The space and defense side didn’t do as well, logging a 9% decrease in revenue. The company is also in a much better place in terms of cash flow, but Boeing is still struggling in that department.

Boeing’s overall loss

Boeing reported a net loss of $37 billion for the quarter, beating Wall Street’s estimates.

“Our company is moving in the right direction as we start to see improved operational performance across our businesses from our ongoing focus on safety and quality,” Kelly Ortberg, Boeing’s president and chief executive officer, said. “We continue to execute our plan, are seeing early positive results, and remain committed to making the fundamental changes needed to fully recover the company’s performance while navigating the current environment.”

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This is the first of four of the 108-year-old bridge this year, and a continuation of two years of work that the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) started last year.

“We have about 22 expansion joints that we are going to be replacing,” Jules Posadas, public engagement lead with SDOT, said. “We did 14 last year, and we have eight remaining this year. Total asphalt paving that we’re going to be doing on the corridor is about over 4,800 feet.”

This is all a part of the improvement project. When the work is done, SDOT will have added 3,000 feet of new sidewalk and built or refurbished 59 accessible curb ramps.

Traffic jams from similar, previous closures

When similar closures happened last summer, they caused major problems. All the surface streets in Fremont, Interbay, Queen Anne, and Ballard were jammed.

“People would go through Ballard anticipating that they could just detour once they got to the Ballard Bridge,” Posadas said. “We’d really just try to advise people this year is to take those detour routes before you get to the downtown core area.”

The primary alternate is Aurora Avenue. Get there well before the closure and try to stay out of the neighborhoods. People living around the bridge were trapped in their own neighborhoods last year.

“We want to be respectful to the neighborhoods and residents that live around the area and also the businesses,” Posadas said.

Unlike last year’s Ballard Bridge closures, transit will not be able to use the bridge this year. Be sure to check with Metro about this project’s impact on your route. Bicyclists and pedestrians will be able to cross during the closures. Boats will still be able to get through, too.

There are four scheduled weekend closures expected through the beginning of June. There are standby weekends in June and July, should any of the closures be postponed by weather.

All the work should be wrapped up by the end of the year.

The bridge will close as early as 7 p.m. on April 25 and remain closed until 5 a.m. Monday, April 28.

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During Friday morning’s commute, I noticed a sudden backup on State Route 512 (SR 512) in downtown Puyallup. While checking the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) cameras, I found a bald eagle just sitting in the right lane.

The bald eagle didn’t look injured, I didn’t notice a baby nearby, and at least it was camping in the right lane and not the left.

It sat for several minutes, causing approximately a two-mile backup to South Hill. The bird did not seem concerned at all about the traffic heading by, and the slowdowns it was causing.

A Washington State Patrol (WSP) trooper stopped behind it to ensure its protection. When the WSP trooper approached, the bald eagle took off.

Maybe it was a protest for eagle rights. Perhaps it had just eaten a big meal and couldn’t fly. The eagle was unfortunately unavailable for comment.

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There are now six security checkpoints at the airport, though only four of them are in operation. The re-numbering is needed as the airport prepares to open a brand new checkpoint at the south end of the main terminal.

“Thursday morning, it’s basically just a signage situation for folks,” Sea-Tac Airport’s Perry Cooper said. “Nothing’s changed from a checkpoint standpoint. You’ve got your favorite one. Still go to that space. It will probably be a new number than what you’re used to.”

The old baggage claim is gone near the international arrivals gate, and the new checkpoint has taken its place. It’s the only security checkpoint on the lower level of the main terminal.

“We’re going to be able to have five checkpoint lanes down here as whereas we only have three on the current checkpoint,” Cooper said. “We’re really excited for it.”

Using the lower level to expand capacity was the only way to do it with such limited space.

“It’s one of those challenges that we have with our small footprint,” Cooper said. “We talked about this for years. We just don’t have space to add another checkpoint on the same level. What we had to do is find a creative way in which we could have another checkpoint increase that capacity.”

So the new Checkpoint 1 is the new checkpoint on the lower level. The numbers go up from south to north, so the checkpoint currently undergoing renovations at the north end will be Checkpoint 6, not 5, going forward.

Looking at the new checkpoints at Sea-Tac Airport

What’s cool about this new checkpoint it takes you underneath the main level and into the middle section of the escalators you use to catch the train.

“You’ll come to a space, after you go through the checkpoint, and you’ll make a decision, with help from our customer service, either to go down to the satellite trains and go to your gates from there, or go up specifically into the Concourse A area and the rest of the terminal,” Cooper shared.

It should take a bunch of passengers out of the main terminal, easing congestion all the way around.

This new southern checkpoint is expected to open in early June. The on the north end should open before Thanksgiving. Cooper said that it will be a game-changer for passengers.

The security checkpoints 鈦︹仼 have new numbers today. This is the new checkpoint 1 at the south end of the terminal, which will open in early June. Yes, it鈥檚 on the lower level.

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“We’ll go from 28 lanes to 39 lanes overall, once we get these all back up,” he explained.

How is the airport doing in getting people through the airport?

94% of passengers made it through security in 30 minutes or less last year. That’s up to 98% in the first three months of 2025.

Adding this extra capacity should make a huge difference.

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The culvert (fish passage work) between McCleary and Montesano isn’t expected to wrap up before the travel season ends. Five different work zones are affecting both directions of State Route 8 (SR 8) and US 12 along a roughly 18-mile stretch of highway in that area. There are lane closures, and in some places, you’re driving on the opposite side of the road.

During peak travel last year, these closures led to very slow trips along the corridor.

I rolled through the area recently, and the closures look a lot like last year鈥攖hough a lot of work has been completed. The new bridges look good. There’s been a lot of paving, but Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) Cara Mitchell told me there’s still a lot left to do.

鈥淚t is going to be the same as last year,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he good news is we’re getting close.鈥�

Another long summer heading to the coast thanks to culverts

Drivers should expect some changes as the work progresses over the next few months.

鈥淭ravelers will see a shift in the lanes,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淚nstead of being on the inside lanes, they’re going to be moved to the outside lanes. It will still be one lane in each direction. We hope to have the project wrapped up by late summer, early fall.鈥�

The plan is to open sections of the road as they鈥檙e completed鈥攏ot to wait until everything is done.

鈥淪ome are a little bit further along than the others, so it’s going to be piecemeal as they open up,鈥� Mitchell said.

WSDOT is replacing five old culverts along this corridor to improve fish habitat, but Mitchell said the work has other benefits, too.

鈥淲hen we have heavy rains, some of those older culverts were at risk of washing out and creating a lot of headaches for travelers and nearby residents alike,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his actually opens up and gives us more space for water to flow underneath the highways.鈥�

Now to my soapbox: this is your yearly reminder to zipper merge. During those heavy travel times last year, I was flipped off for using the open lane all the way to the merge. I expect similar interactions this year.

鈥淵ou will continue to see zipper merge signs,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淵ou will continue to see a reduced speed limit through the work zones, and we really ask people for their patience. Give yourself that extra time so you don鈥檛 feel the need or the urge to speed, and help keep our workers safe.鈥�

Remember, drivers like me who use the open lane all the way to the closure are not cutting the line. We are not cheating. We are merging the proper way. Please don鈥檛 cut off those drivers. Please let them in. It鈥檚 better for everyone鈥攁nd it reduces congestion.

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