Sewer utility work to affect traffic on Bellevue Way Southeast

A sewer pipe replacement project scheduled to get underway this week will restrict traffic along Bellevue Way Southeast near Interstate 90 and the Mercer Slough Nature Park.

A sewer pipe replacement project scheduled to get underway this week will restrict traffic along Bellevue Way Southeast near Interstate 90 and the Mercer Slough Nature Park.

Beginning May 10, the interior lane of southbound Bellevue Way Southeast will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday while crews install and connect 100 feet of new sewer pipe beneath the street. During construction hours, there will be no northbound access to Bellevue Way Southeast from 113 th Avenue Southeast. Traffic will instead be detoured to 112 th Avenue Southeast.

The project is expected to last for about two weeks. Drivers should use caution as there will be construction crews and heavy equipment in the interior southbound lane of Bellevue Way Southeast and along the shoulder of Bellevue Way south of the Sweyolocken Boat Launch access road.

The work is being carried out by King County's Wastewater Treatment Division to add more capacity and to ensure the existing sewer system continues to operate reliably.

More information about the project is available on the Web at http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/projects/BellevueWay/index.htm or by calling the 24-hour construction hotline at 206-205-9196.

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.