Lockwood Road Closure Extended
Posted by the Kenmore Crow | Filed under Construction | 1 Comment
Personally, I don’t know why anyone would ever want to leave Kenmore. However, if for some strange reason you are planning on leaving, and you were thinking of driving Lockwood Road to the north to do so, you’re going to have to wait a little while longer.
The original road closure notices that were mailed out stated that the road would be closed “throughout the summer until school reopens in the fall,” which is just two days from now on September 2nd. This date was also posted on the orange construction road closure signs.
However, the orange construction signs have now been updated with a new date: September 30. The Snohomish County Public Works website is even less optimistic, putting the completion at October 30 (although the page for this specific project states that the road will re-open “approximately the first week in October”).
So for all of you that are really excited to drive on the new and improved Lockwood Road, you’re going to have to delay that gratification just a bit.
It is also worth noting that in 2011 Snohomish County plans to “improve” the intersection of Lockwood Road Carter Road by turning the existing four-way stop into a full-fledged roundabout. Clearly this is some strange usage of the word “improve” with which I’m not familiar.
Tags: Construction, Lockwood Rd, not-Kenmore, roads
New Unnecessary Traffic Signal Coming to 73rd & 181st
Posted by the Kenmore Crow | Filed under Construction | No Comments Yet!
Looks like work has started on a new and completely unnecessary traffic signal at 73rd Ave & 181st St:
I pass through this intersection quite a bit—from both 73rd and 181st, and I have never found myself thinking “golly, I really wish there were a traffic signal here.”
On a similar subject, has anyone else noticed how smoothly traffic seems to flow at the other end of the block through 68th and 181st now that it’s just a 4-way stop? Once they get the second southbound lane on 68th opened up between 181st and Bothell Way, that intersection should be completed. Of course, we all know they’re going to put a traffic signal back in there anyway.
But hey, a crow can dream, right?
Tags: central-kenmore, Construction, photo, roads, traffic
