road construction

WSDOT starts resurfacing US 2 near Leavenworth July 14. Expect delays and night work through mid-October.

If you're hitting the road on I-90, brace yourself for some slowdowns. A major paving effort is in full swing.

City of Wenatchee releases a fact sheet explaining their proposed Transportation Benefit District tax. The city recently approved a resolution to place a street improvement tax request before voters this summer. The request asks for a .2 percent increase in the local sales tax to fund the Transportation Benefit District...

Work is continuing on a multi-year street improvement project in East Wenatchee this week. The East Wenatchee Public Works Department says the project includes the rehabilitation and widening of the Southwest 19th Street and Northwest Cascade Avenue, as well as the installation of bicycle lanes and sidewalks...

Travelers on State Route 17 (SR-17) through Moses Lake can expect additional delays this weekend due to a project on the Parker Horn Bridge. Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson, Sebastian Moraga, says the work is part of a larger project that's been going on in Moses Lake since early April...

Drivers in several parts of Okanogan County will be seeing a lot of orange in the weeks ahead, as a trio of road construction projects get underway. The primary project is happening on a 15-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 97 (U.S. 97) between Omak and Tonasket (milepost 286 to 301)...

The second phase of a project to improve nearly a mile of Wenatchee Heights Road is continuing. Contractors are pulverizing the existing road surface and mixing it with fresh cement between Edgemont Drive and Wheeler Hill Road. A primary detour and temporary speed reduction to 25 mph will remain in effect during the construction. ...

East Wenatchee Mayor Jerrilea Crawford is urging her city's residents not to avoid shopping at businesses located within a construction zone on Rock Island Road. The work, which began on March 18, stretches from the intersection of Grant Road to McGee Street and is providing improvements to the city's water system, as well as new pavement and other upgrades...

Chelan County will soon begin the second phase of a project to make much-needed repairs to Wenatchee Heights Road. In 2020, the first leg of the project saw 1.3 miles of the road get fixed between Squilchuck and Wheeler Hill Roads. This spring, the remainder of the road will get restored all the way to Edgemont Drive...

A construction worker has reportedly been injured while on the job in East Wenatchee. East Wenatchee Police Department Assistant Chief Erik Hampton says the man was hurt around 6:15 a.m. this morning (Tuesday, Oct. 24) inside the road construction zone at Grant Road and Eastmont Avenue. ...