WSDOT said keeping the lanes northbound acts “as a relief valve” amid lane closures and ensure emergency access.
SEATTLE — Southbound commuters into Seattle have faced major slowdowns since construction on Interstate 5 began in January as part of WSDOT’s Revive I-5 project.
The work has shut down two lanes of northbound traffic over the Ship Canal Bridge until early June, will all lanes will reopen ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The express lanes, which normally switch between southbound and northbound, are now northbound 24/7. That’s forced thousands of southbound drivers into the general lanes, caused huge slowdowns in the mornings, in
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