Power Line Work May Disrupt I-5 In Shoreline, Edmonds

SHORELINE, WA — The light rail line between Northgate and Lynnwood won't open until 2024, but work on the project is well underway. This week, Seattle City Light crews will be moving overhead power lines above I-5 for the project — and that means delays for two consecutive nights.

Luckily, the work will happen during the overnight hours, midnight to 4 a.m. through Sept. 18.

"To complete this work safely, Washington State Patrol troopers and contracted crews must intermittently conduct rolling slowdowns of traffic in both directions of I-5 to ensure safe work operations and passage for motorists. Traffic will be intercepted and escorted at slow speeds for up to 15 minutes between Lynnwood and north Seattle as crews pull overhead feeder cables across the highway. Traffic will return to normal speeds once past the work area," City Light wrote in a bulletin about the work.

The slowdowns will happen in the southbound lanes of I-5 between 44th Avenue West in Lynnwood and Northeast 167th Street in Shoreline. The Northbound slowdowns will happen between Northeast 70th Street in Seattle and Northeast 167th in Shoreline.

Sound Transit's Lynnwood light rail project will bring four stations to Shoreline and southern Snohomish County: Northeast 145th Street in Shoreline; Northeast 185th Street in Shoreline; Mountlake Terrace at 236th Street Southwest; and the Lynnwood City Center.