OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Four-hour delays are expected to resume for three days this week beginning Monday on U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent.
The delays are to allow work to restore the roadway width and shoulder area in front of the rock wall near milepost 229 on the highway around the lake.
The delays will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, although the four-hour delay on Wednesday may not be needed depending on work progress, said Penny Wagner, Olympic National Park spokesperson.
Outside of the four-hour delays, drivers should expect shorter delays around milepost 229 for alternating single-lane traffic led by a pilot car during weekday work hours.
Concrete barriers are in place to reduce the work zone to one lane and temporary traffic signals are set up to control alternating single-lane traffic before/after work hours and on weekends, said Wagner.
During the four-hour delays, Highway 101 eastbound from Forks will be open to the turn for Barnes Point where Lake Crescent Lodge is located. Highway 101 westbound from Port Angeles will remain open up to mile marker 232/East Beach Road.
Travelers to and from the West End of the Peninsula can use state Highway 112/113 as an alternate route during the delays.
This is the last work in the three-year, $27.5 million Lake Crescent Highway 101 Rehabilitation Project by contractor Strider Construction.
The project is being managed collaboratively by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service.
For project updates, see www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm.
