OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Paving of U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent is expected to be completed for the season this week.
Work will continue this week throughout the 12-mile project zone to complete the second layer of pavement on the mainline and turnouts, said Penny Wagner, Olympic National Park spokeswoman.
The final 2 ½ inches of paving/wearing surface will be completed in 2019, the last season of the project, Wagner said.
Upcoming work includes guardrail installation and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall construction near milepost 223.
To date, crews have placed approximately 57,000 tons of asphalt with 30,000 more tons planned for next year.
Drivers should expect up to a half-hour of total stop time with slower travel through the 12-mile project zone Monday through Friday, Wagner said.
Drivers should watch for flaggers and expect heavy truck traffic through the construction zone, she added.
Through late September, road work is restricted to two hours after sunrise to two hours before sunset.
Strider Construction Inc. of Bellingham is in its second of three seasons of work to rehabilitate 12 miles of the highway around Lake Crescent in a project costing $27.5 million.
Construction seasons are from March through mid-November.
For more information, see https://tinyurl.com/PDNlakecrescentrehab.
