Detours planned around sewer work in Auburn at 15th St. S.W. and Perimeter Road S.W.

2005 Archived News

King County will be detouring traffic for two weeks around a sewer line replacement project along 15th Street Southwest in Auburn between Perimeter Road Southwest and C Street Southwest. The Lakeland Hills Force Main Project will improve the existing wastewater system in the area and help protect public health and the environment.

Crews are now working on 15th Street in an open trench in the center of the road. By Monday, May 16, during work hours from about 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., left-hand turns won't be possible for about two weeks from 15th Street to Perimeter Road and from Perimeter Road to 15th Street. Right-hand turns from 15th Street eastbound to Perimeter Road and from Perimeter Road to 15th Street will continue. Signs will mark detour routes.

To get to Perimeter Road from the east on 15th Street, motorists should travel past Perimeter Road three blocks to the left-hand turn signal at O Street Southwest. From O Street, turn left onto Boundary Boulevard, which becomes Boundary Road Southwest midblock. Continue to Industry Drive Southwest. Turn left onto Industry Drive and go to15th Street. Turn right onto 15th Street and then right onto Perimeter Road.

To go west or get to Ellingson Road from Perimeter Road, motorists (from the YMCA, Junior Achievement of Washington, Boeing Co. and elsewhere) should travel south on Perimeter Road to First Avenue. Then turn left (or east) onto First Avenue and right (or south) onto Pacific Avenue South. Go south on Pacific Avenue to Ellingson Road. At Ellingson Road, turn right (or west) and continue to State Route 167. To get to 15th Street, take SR-167 north.

To go from Perimeter Road to C Street Southwest, 15th Street Southwest, State Route 18 or Interstate 5, take the detour to Ellingson Road and turn left (or east). Travel on Ellingson Road to C Street, turn left (or north) onto C Street and follow signs. Motorists headed for SR-18 from Perimeter Road may also go north to 15th Street, turn right (or east) and then go to C Street and north to the Highway 18 interchange.

The county's sewer project is expected to end in summer 2005. For more information about this work, call the project hot line at 206-296-4511 or 711 (TTY relay).

City of Auburn construction advisory: C Street Southwest is also now under construction for roadway widening. No complete closures of the street are planned during the King County detour. However, traffic will experience some delays of up to 10 minutes because of one-way alternating traffic controlled by flaggers within the city's construction zone.

King County's Wastewater Treatment Division serves 17 cities, 17 local sewer agencies and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly known as Metro, the regional wastewater-treatment utility has been preventing water pollution for 40 years.