Because of a number of contractor selection issues and permitting issues, the Duvall widening work in Renton has been experiencing delays.
At this point our Transportation Department is planning for June, near the end of the current school year. At the hearings some of the residents of the area had suggested last winter that this would be better timing anyways, although we will now be racing to aviod falling behind the opening of the new May Creek Bridge.
Closing Duvall on school summer break allows traffic to reach a new equilibrium pattern before Seirra Heigts students gets seriously impacted, and ensures that any additional time needed (beyond the one year planned closure) occurs in the following summer (when school is out again). It sounds like the School District is also saying that a few days of closure before school lets out would be okay too, in that it would provide a dry run which could help staff better plan for the next school year.
Here is an email with more info:
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