Dozens of residents near Marysville ‘basically landlocked’ for days after their only road collapses

Several neighbors near Marysville have been left stranded without a roadway due to a devastating collapse, and it’s posing dangers to children and the elderly.

TULALIP, Wash. — Days of consistent rain led to a clogged culvert beneath a residential road that was overwhelmed on Friday by water in a neighborhood near Marysville. Because of this, the roadway collapsed entirely, leaving a gaping hole and 23 frustrated, stranded residents.

“We are basically landlocked,” said Ellyn Ritchotte, who has lived in the neighborhood for decades. “They have livelihoods! They need to get to jobs.”

The collapsed 12th Avenue Northwest is the one and only road

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