We confirmed last week that the closure of the Olive Way exit from northbound I5 was scheduled to start May 18th and, btw, stay closed for an entire year as Sound Transit works with WSDOT to shore up the freeway in preparation for construction of the light rail tunnel that will pass beneath.
Sound Transit has scheduled a public meeting next week to discuss the closure and the next phases of the light rail construction process on Capitol Hill. You may have seen the notices showing up in the advertising on this site. Sound Transit says the purpose of Thursday night’s session is help area residents and businesses “learn about the construction schedule and to ask questions about this work or other construction activities affecting Capitol Hill.”
May 07, 2009
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Seattle Central Community College
Room 1110
1701 E. Broadway; Located on the south end of the main building – use entry near the Broadway Performance Hall
Here is Sound Transit’s I5 ‘undercrossing’ project schedule from the last update we received.
Olive Way off-ramp closure May 18, 2009
Cherry Street on-ramp closure (including one northbound I-5 lane) May 26, 2009
Pike/Pine reversible HOV ramp closure Mid-June 2009
Cherry Street on-ramp closure (including one northbound I-5 lane) Spring 2010
All I-5 ramps re-opened to traffic Spring 2010
Tunneling work from the Capitol Hill Station towards downtown Seattle begins Early 2011
Leave questions, comments here and I’ll make sure ST gets and, hopefully, responds
Which exit do they think the people who normally use Olive Way will use instead? I assume the Madison exit, and if that’s the case, how much will we notice the additional traffic?
discussed all that and more here:
http://capitolhillseattle.com/2009/04/21/olive-way-offramp-c
Can someone who can attend ask about parking on Madison? Madison is going to get slammed with N Cap Hill traffic, I’m wondering if they will stop allowing parking on the outbound side staring at 6pm (as is allowed now)?