CLALLAM BAY — If motorists get caught in the roadblock at the state Highway 112 Jim Creek project today through the next six weeks, it will be because they failed to pay attention to tourist information, advertising and new highway signs.
So says Sande Balch, Highway 112 scenic byway coordinator and Sekiu motel operator.
Balch has pressed hard to get the word out on the project, which cuts off highway access to Silver King Resort, Pysht and on to Clallam Bay, Sekiu and Neah Bay, if motorists are driving on 112 via Joyce.
The alternative route to get access to Silver King and further west is U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent to north on state Highway 113 at Sappho, and either turn on Highway 112 east to Pysht and Silver King or west to Clallam Bay, Sekiu and Neah Bay.
From the gateway visitors’ center near Hood Canal in Jefferson County, to state and national parks to visitors’ centers in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks, Balch said, “we’ve had everything out, from maps, to CDs to posters, out to them for a month.”
The state Department of Transportation has posted electronic signs at the junctions of Highways 101 and 112, Highway 113 at 101 and Highway 113 at 112, giving directions to motorists.
The signs tell motorists to tune their radios to 1580 AM for project information and directions.
