Bothell Way Culvert Replacement successful and on time

Bothell Way was closed to traffic during construction
Photo courtesy City of LFP

The City's contractor, KLB Construction, worked around the clock this weekend from Friday night, July 17 to Monday morning, July 20, 2015, to replace the undersized culvert under Bothell Way NE (SR 522) with a new, 20-foot-wide culvert that will help reduce flooding and improve fish passage. All lanes were reopened Monday morning July 20 at 5:30am.

Culvert under construction
Photo courtesy City of LFP

The SR 522 culvert replacement is part of Lake Forest Park’s Lyon Creek Flood Mitigation Project, which will reduce flooding risk, enhance stream habitat with the replacement of four culverts including the SR 522/Bothell Way NE and extensive stream channel capacity improvements.

The entire flood mitigation project will be completed in 2015. The $6.86 million project is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the King County Flood Control District, the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the City of Lake Forest Park. The project has been designed by Davido Consulting Group, Inc. and is being built by KLB Construction.

The City has a photo journal of the entire project on their  Flickr account.