PORT ANGELES — Pavement grinding on Peabody Street between Front and Fifth streets will begin early Friday morning and continue until it’s finished — possibly into the evening.
Assistant Civil Engineer Eric Walrath said the city’s plan is to keep one lane open to traffic during the grinding, but side streets will be closed as needed.
Front and First streets — U.S. Highway 101 — will be open during the grinding work, but there will be some temporary blockages to through traffic on Fifth Street, he said.
Once the grinding is finished and before the repaving is done, Peabody Street will be safe to drive on, Walrath said.
But warning signs will be posted for motorcyclists and bicyclists, he said.
Like Lincoln Street
The pavement grinding will be similar to what the state Department of Transportation did last summer on Lincoln Street for a U.S. 101 repaving project, Walrath said.
Peabody repaving work will begin late next week, he said.
“Everyone should be patient with us. We’re ahead of schedule and the project is going well,” Walrath said.
The grinding is the second of four phases of the Peabody Street repaving project, following work on curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
