MATC Matters

Here’s the planned work for the week of May 7th, for East Washington Avenue (Second Street to Marquette Street)

Reconstruction of the outbound lanes continues including:

• Water Main construction from 6th Street to Milwaukee Street
• Water services from 3rd Street to 4th Street
• Sanitary sewer from 4th Street to 5th Street
• South 5th Street will be CLOSED on Monday morning May 7 thru Friday May 11
• Storm Sewer construction from 3rd to 5th Street
• Sanitary Sewer construction from Johnson to Union Street
• Storm sewer 6′x3′ box culvert from Marquette to Oak Street
• Oak Street will be CLOSED on Monday morning May 7 thru Friday May 11
• Sanitary sewer work on Oak Street
• Bridge work for the roadway structure over Starkweather Creek, and for the new pedestrian structure
• Work by private utility companies

Here’s the planned work for the week of May 7th, for East Washington Avenue (Thornton Avenue to Second Street)

• Work is continuing on grading for the bike paths, and work on the retaining walls on the south side of the bridge
• Landscape plantings around the structure
• Prep work for staining the bridge
• Median lanes will be closed from Dickinson to 2nd Street and parking removed from these areas. The parking lane will become a travel lane to maintain three lanes of traffic in each direction.
• Work will continue in the median including: planting beds, and signing.
• Pavement marking on East Washington Avenue

Bus stops will be maintained in the construction zone, See Metro website or project website - “Metro Transit During Construction� for details.

There will be no parking on East Washington Avenue in the construction zone. Alternative Routes are I90/94 and the beltline. The field office phone is (608) 242-7305, fax is (608) 242-7317.The website will be updated: http://www.eastwashington.org/

Tom Riffle
Facilities Operations Manager