Heads up near Stanwood, Washington

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Secret’s out – construction along I-5 over Secret Creek near Stanwood is coming soon.
Over the next two years, we’ll remove the smaller, aging culverts (fish passage barriers) under both directions of I-5 and Old Highway 99 and install three new fish-approved bridge structures to enable safe fish and wildlife passage under the freeway and highway.
During construction, northbound and southbound I-5 will both shift over to a two-lane, temporary bypass along the mainline until the end of December 2025. This will bring I-5 in each direction from three lanes, down to two and decrease the speed limit in the area from 70 mph to 60 mph. In 2026, construction will switch over to Old Highway 99, which will be closed for part of the year and a detour will be in place.
Learn more about the project benefits and what to expect during construction, and submit your questions at the online open house here: https://engage.wsdot.wa.gov/i-5-secret-creek-fish-passage/
 
Thanks for the heads up, thankfully being retired I should be able to avoid the worst of the slow downs. Any word on when construct will start.

Secret Creek looks to be the typical Puget Sound lowland coho/cutthroat stream. Am I reading the project description correctly that the low bid is $48 million? That is many times what is being spent in the Stillaguamish basin for Chinook recovery.

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Curt
 
Sounds like a slightly south version of this:

Josh

SFR Thread 'Significant North Sound I-5 traffic disruption coming Spring '25-27 for fish passage construction'

WSDOT is warning about some large traffic disruptions on I-5 in South Whatcom county as fish passage is improved for tributaries to Friday, Lake & Chuckanut Creeks. Construction is planned to start spring 2025 and go through 2027. Fish passage is great, traffic is not. Welcome to adult life, many things can be true.

Background​

These fish passage improvements are a result of the 2001 lawsuit that WA tribes filed against the state that went all the way to the Supreme Court in 2018. The issue decided by the federal courts was whether, under the 1855–1856 Stevens Treaties, "the...
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It appears the states plan is to spend half the budget on culvert projects that wont return a single fish to the system. Don't worry though, theyll fund it by selling timber rights to every last tree in the stilly drainage.
 
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