Birch Bay Drive repaving project starts Monday, July 10

UPDATE: The project has been delayed from the scheduled Monday, July 10 start date.  Read more here.

Whatcom County public works crews will start construction Monday, July 10 on an expected four-month repaving project on Birch Bay Drive.

Plans for the Birch Bay Drive Pavement Rehabilitation project include grinding and repaving 2.25 miles of Birch Bay Drive from Jackson Road to Alderson Road, Lora Lane to Shintaffer Road and the section of Harborview Road from Birch Bay Drive to Birch Bay-Lynden Road. Crews will also replace and construct sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities Act ramps and rapid flashing beacons at crosswalks.

Issaquah-based Lakeside Industries will begin concrete work and demolition on Monday with grinding and repaving work expected to start during the evenings the week of July 24, public works project manager Roland Middleton said in a video update on the project.

All grinding and paving operations will occur at night, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday nights through Friday mornings, and include longer single-lane road closures. This is the least disruptive option – minimizing impacts on pedestrians, road traffic and local businesses, according to public works.

Drivers and pedestrians should expect short, single-lane closures during the day while crews work on utility holes, sidewalks, pedestrian curb ramps and driveway entrances. Each road section will be repaved by the weekend.

“Friday and Saturday everything will be buttoned-up so the people who would like to come out and enjoy Birch Bay are not interrupted during the weekend,” Middleton said. 

More information and updates can be found on the project website at bit.ly/3MO9fBU.