You can go to the Eastside if you like. You just might not make it back. A week of work on I-90 is expected to tangle traffic around the area as commuters are forced to find alternate routes to avoid planned lane closures. Here’s the word from SDOT on the start of things Friday night and through the weekend:
Traffic on freeways and major arterials into the city will be complicated by construction on WSDOT’s Interstate 90 — only one westbound lane of I–90 will remain open between Bellevue and Mercer Island. There could be significant backups on alternate routes depending on how many drivers venture forth from the east side into downtown Seattle. For more information, see WSDOT’s website, http://tinyurl.com/l53s9cs.
Once the work week begins, CHS predict tie-ups in Capitol Hill chokepoints where coffee, wi-fi, and electrical outlets mix.
We also have a few Mariners games, including a day game. Then Obama will be in town with undisclosed details. Next week will be a good one to just stay put :)
Obama will be in Madison Park at the same house he always goes too down in Denny Blaine. I don’t know whats so secret about it.
Great, when will he be arriving? When will he be leaving? If you know so much please share the details so people can plan accordingly.
I told you I knew he would be in Denny Blaine! See today’s article on the blog! #dontquestionme
I feel sorry for everyone going to the Sounders game tomorrow from the eastside.
Another? Can you share some more of those reasons, besides not being capitol hill?
[…] Bellevue commuters now have three reasons to telecommute this week as I-90 work continues until Friday, night work starts today on Factoria Boulevard, and on Tuesday President Barack Obama will roll (or fly) across 520 to Hunts Point for a fundraiser. Forget going to Seattle this week – or as they say on Capitol Hill, “Another reason to stay away from Bellevue.” […]
[…] the traffic armageddon from I-90 construction work so far yet to materialize, the presidential motorcade will likely tie up 520 and area roads here […]