New Culvert for Fish Passage to Close Washington Route For 5 Days
Washington State Department of Transportation officials say that construction to correct barriers to fish passage in Sammamish Creek, north of Redmond, Wash. necessitates closure of State Route 202 north of Northeast 124th Street from 8 p.m. on Aug. 25 through Aug. 30 at noon.
The construction is part of the latest phase of the $6.8 million SR 202 Sammamish Creek Fish Passage Project, targeted to improve fish passage and reconnect waterways. Construction crews have already begun realigning two channels - High School Creek and an unnamed tributary - into one waterway northeast of the SR202/Redmond-Woodinville Road Northeast intersection with Northeast 124th Street.
The unnamed tributary is currently 67% blocked, while the culvert under SSR 202 fully blocks fish movement along High...