Overhead Power Line Work Will Affect Traffic on I-5 from Sep. 16-18

Seattle City Light continues to relocate existing overhead power lines on Interstate 5 to support Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension project. This work will result in traffic impacts on September 16-18.

Seattle City Light continues to relocate existing overhead power lines on Interstate 5 to support Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension project. This work will result in traffic impacts on September 16-18.

To complete this work safely, Washington State Patrol troopers and contracted crews must intermittently conduct rolling slowdowns of traffic in both directions of I-5 to ensure safe work operations and passage for motorists. Traffic will be intercepted and escorted at slow speeds for up to 15 minutes between Lynnwood and north Seattle as crews pull overhead feeder cables across the highway. Traffic will return to normal speeds once past the work area.C

Rolling slowdowns will occur on the following dates:

• Monday night (11:59 p.m.), September 16 to Tuesday morning (4 a.m.), September 17
• Tuesday night (11:59 p.m.), September 17 to Wednesday morning (4 a.m.), September 18

Additional Details:

Traffic using the following on-ramps to I-5 will be affected:

• On southbound I-5: 44th Avenue West (Lynnwood), 220^th Street Southwest (Mountlake Terrace), State Route 104 and Northeast 175th Street (Shoreline)
• On northbound I-5:  5^th Avenue Northeast (Shoreline), Northeast Northgate Way, Northeast 80th Street and Northeast 70th Street (Seattle)

Drivers should expect delays and consider using alternate routes during construction. Real-time traffic information is available on the WSDOT mobile app and the WSDOT Traffic Twitter feed.

For more information on Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension project, which will extend light rail into south Snohomish County and serve stations in Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood, please visit www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/lynnwood-link-extension.

Visit Seattle City Light’s “At Work in Your Neighborhood” website for the latest updates on utility construction projects in your area.