A contractor for the Mercer Corridor West project will close one lane on Mercer Street tonight and again tomorrow night to take borings for soil testing.
Tonight the contractor will close the northern most lane of Mercer Street between Taylor Avenue North and Aurora Avenue North from 6 or 7 p.m. until 11p.m. The remaining lanes will remain open. Traffic will continue to be able to turn left from Mercer Street to Dexter Avenue North. Taylor Street will remain open.
Tomorrow night the southern-most lane of Mercer Street will be closed from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. from north of the intersection of Dexter Avenue North, Mercer Street and the Aurora Avenue North off-ramp. A Police Officer will be on site to direct traffic. The remaining lanes on Mercer will remain open. The right-most lane of the Aurora Avenue off-ramp west of Dexter will be coned off to merge traffic left. Lanes on Dexter will remain open.
For more information: Oliver Hoopes, (206) 695-6669, OTH@shanwil.com
Media contact: Marybeth Turner, (206) 684-8548, marybeth.turner@seattle.gov