Sewer improvement work to affect traffic routes in Shoreline

Drivers and pedestrians in Shoreline's Hidden Lake neighborhood should prepare for traffic revisions related to construction work on King County's Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement Project.

For the next several weeks, Northwest 196th Street between Richmond Beach Drive and 24th Avenue Northwest will be closed to through traffic on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

During work hours, flaggers and signs will direct traffic to 195th Place Northwest. Although Northwest 196th Street will be open after work hours, drivers should use extra caution around the temporary steel plates on the road. 

In late October, work will continue east on Northwest 196th Street to 23rd Avenue Northwest. During this segment of work, traffic on Northwest 196th will be reduced to one lane. Drivers may experience short delays as flaggers manage traffic. Work crews are scheduled to continue moving south on 23rd Avenue Northwest in November.

Construction on the Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement Project is expected to take about two years. The project will improve system reliability and protect public health and the environment by reducing overflows into Puget Sound.

People seeking more information can call the project's 24-hour hotline at 206-205-5968 or 711 TTY, or visit the project Web site at http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/projects/hiddenlake.htm.

People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county's Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health and water quality by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer utilities and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for more than 40 years.