OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The final segment of paving at milepost 229 on U.S. Highway 101 is set to begin Monday, if the weather holds.
Drivers around Lake Crescent can expect to experience 20-minute delays for a pilot car leading alternating single-lane traffic through the work zone between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, said Penny Wagner, spokesperson for the Olympic National Park.
The work to restore the roadway width and shoulder area in front of the rock wall near milepost 229 was completed in fall 2019. Paving that area will complete the three-year Lake Crescent Highway 101 Rehabilitation Project.
Monday will be milling. Paving is planned Tuesday and Wednesday. Striping is set for Thursday and workers will clean up on Friday, Wagner said in a press release issued Friday.
This is the last work in the three-year, 12-mile, $27.5 million Lake Crescent Highway 101 Rehabilitation Project by contractor Strider Construction.
The project is being managed collaboratively by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service.
For project updates, see www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm.
Those heading out to the West End now will find that the Olympic National Park has maintained closures of beaches, facilities, roads and campgrounds
Coastal area closures include all parking areas, trails, beaches, and facilities at Kalaloch, Mora and Ozette.
Beginning in mid-to-late May, the park will start to reopen some facilities in the Lake Crescent area and on the northern edge of the park for day use. Areas on the east side of the park are expected to reopen for day use next as conditions allow. The west side areas of the park and the beaches will be the last to open for day use.
For updates, see https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm.
Also closed on the West End are Bogachiel State Park, Forever Twilight in Forks Collection, Forks Timber Museum, Forks Visitor Information Center — although Lissy Andros, Forks Chamber of Commerce director, is available by phone for inquiries, the Hoh, Quileute and Makah reservations and John’s Beachcombing Museum.
