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STANWOOD — An $84 million upgrade to a congested stretch of Highway 532 was launched Wednesday with an official groundbreaking by local officials, legislators and construction workers.
The two-year, 10-mile project includes a wider, safer bridge to replace the 60-year-old General Mark W. Clark Memorial bridge, work at 13 intersections between Camano Island and Interstate 5, new lane space for trucks in three steep sections, paving, street lights and bus pullouts, a state Department of Transportation news release stated.
The project is funded through the state gas tax and other state funds.
During an eight-year period, almost 900 accidents occurred in the area, according to DOT, and more than half were related to congestion.
Utility work in the area has already begun, according to DOT, and road work will start soon. Road construction in Stanwood is not scheduled to begin until next year.
For more information, visit http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR532.
