UPDATES & INFORMATION
Update (Nov. 18, 2019) -- Dungeness Construction expects to complete final tasks this week on the City of Kirkland's project to install a box culvert on Juanita Creek.
Contact Patrick Herbig, project engineer, (425) 587-3840,
pherbig@kirklandwa.gov or Christian Knight, outreach, (425) 587-3831,
cknight@kirklandwa.gov
WHAT: Kirkland will be closing 111th Avenue Northeast, just north of Northeast 141st Street, for 21 days while contracted crews replace a failing 48-inch steel stormwater pipe with a 12-foot-wide concrete box culvert.
WHY: The existing pipe is clogged with sediment, which reduces the flow of water through the pipe. This allows the sediment to pile up, eroding Juanita Creek’s bank and undermining the stability of the tree growing along it. It also prevents fish from migrating upstream. The new box culvert will alleviate these dynamics and allow fish to migrate from one side of the culvert to the other side.
WHEN: June 2019 - November 2019
WHAT TO EXPECT: The contractor will establish a detour route around the closed section of 111th Avenue Northeast. Northeast 141st Street will remain open.