News from King County Department of Transportation
Release date:  Feb. 22, 2007

May Valley Road to close week of Feb. 26 for repairs

A section of Southeast May Valley Road between Renton and Issaquah will be closed for five days starting Monday, Feb. 26, while the King County Road Services Division fixes damage to the roadway and shoulder from recent winter storms.

The road will be closed from 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26 to 3 p.m. Friday, March 2. It will be closed just west of the intersection with Southeast 128th Way, which means motorists traveling from the downtown Issaquah, Mirrormont, and Maple Valley areas will have a lengthy detour. The entrance to the High Valley neighborhood from May Valley Road will remain open, but must be accessed from the northwest.

Motorists can detour around the closure via Southeast 128th Way to 164th Avenue Southeast and then travel on State Route 900 back to Southeast May Valley Road.

During the closure, Road Division crews will remove the pavement on the south lane and excavate below the roadway to rebuild and reinforce the roadbed to prevent sliding. There will also be some improvements made to the drainage system in that area.