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Friday, December 7th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
“Interstate 5 will open for all traffic with two lanes going both north and south through Lewis County at about noon today, according to a statement made shortly after 9 a.m. by a spokesperson from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The interstate will completely close at 9:30 a.m. today to all crews to reset the 12,000-pound median barriers that were pushed around from the raging floodwaters either late Monday or early Tuesday morning.
After the medians are reset and some road sweeping is completed, transportation officials will open the interstate.
The closure shut off all traffic on the major north-south transportation corridor for almost three days.
I-5 usually has about 54,000 vehicles pass on it through the Twin Cities each day. Of those, about 10,000 are semi trucks. Those trucks were at first routed through Eastern Washington. WSDOT estimated for each day I-5 is closed, it costs trucking firms about $4 million.
Thursday afternoon, I-5 opened up one-lane each way to semi trucks.”
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
“The 20-mile closure of Interstate 5 continues to shrink as at 8:20 Thursday evening it opened to all southbound traffic starting at the on ramp at state Route 6 at milepost 77.
Earlier at about 6:10 p.m., Washington State Department of Transportation officials opened up one lane both north and south on I-5 to freight traffic only (trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds).
I-5 remains closed to all vehicles except large trucks both north and south between Grand Mound and U.S. Highway 12 south of Chehalis, except for the new opening of southbound I-5 at state Route 6..”
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
pugetinfo.net posts closure/delay updates for the following Lewis County schools:
- Boistfort - Closed; staff will meet Friday. UPDATE (For Fri. Dec 7th) Alert Posted: Thu. 6th, 04:01 PM
- Centralia - Two hour late start-no am preschool,no visions, growing together or CAPS program -buses on flood routes UPDATE (For Fri. Dec 7th) Alert Posted: Thu. 6th, 11:28 AM
- Chehalis - 2 hour late start - no am preschool, no visions, no growing together - buses on flood routes UPDATE (For Fri. Dec 7th) Alert Posted: Thu. 6th, 11:30 AM
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
“The Chehalis Wal-Mart Supercenter plans to be open Monday, corporate representatives stated Thursday afternoon. The neighboring Home Depot, just north of the retail giant, is aiming to have materials for sale in the store parking lot on Saturday.
“We hope to be open Monday,” said Jennifer Spall, Wal-Mart’s Public Affairs Manager for Washington.
Crews are cleaning the interior of the store, she said, which took on up to a foot of water in some places.
Home Depot manager Brian Sperber said his store will be open Saturday with goods for sale in the parking lot, to help local flood victims start cleaning and repairing their homes. The store still had silt and mud on the floor as of Thursday afternoon.”
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
The following was released by the Washington Department of Transportation at about 4:57 p.m. Thursday:
“CHEHALIS — WSDOT crews are now setting up traffic control to allow commercial vehicles over 10,000 GVW to travel on I-5 from milepost 68 to 88 starting sometime between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. tonight. Crews were able to get the lanes open because receding flood waters on I-5 in Chehalis revealed fewer problems than anticipated. (more…)
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
“The 20-mile Interstate 5 closure between Grand Mound and the area south of Chehalis will continue at least into the weekend, according to a Washington State Department of Transportation engineer.”
Read the rest of the article by Michael Wagar here.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
via [The Chronicle Online]
Although I-5 remains closed, there is now a more direct alternative route between Centralia and Chehalis.
“Gold Street and National Avenue, normally a two-lane, one-way road, was opened to two-lane traffic around 4 p.m.”
Earlier today traffic was very heavy but it has seemed to die down as we get later into the night.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
***UPDATE***
Centralia College Main Campus will be open for classes tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 6 2007.
“Centralia College is operating on its regular schedule for Thursday, December 6. Students should exercise good judgment when traveling to the campus. If students are unable to make it to their classes they should contact their individual faculty members to get end of quarter class information.”
pugetinfo.net posts closure/delay updates for the following Lewis County schools:
- Adna - SCHOOLS CLOSED (For Thu. Dec 6th) Alert Posted: Wed. 5th, 04:48 PM
- Centralia - SCHOOLS CLOSED - No Evening Activities/Events/Concerts UPDATE (For Thu. Dec 6th) Alert Posted: Wed. 5th, 12:02 PM
- Chehalis - SCHOOLS CLOSED - No Evening Events/Activities/Concerts UPDATE (For Thu. Dec 6th) Alert Posted: Wed. 5th, 12:03 PM
- Napavine - Regular time (For Thu. Dec 6th) Alert Posted: Wed. 6th, 12:52 PM
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
pugetinfo.net posts closure/delay updates for the following Lewis County schools:
- Adna - SCHOOLS CLOSED (For Wed. Dec 5th) Alert Posted: Tue. 4th, 03:36 PM
- Boistfort - SCHOOLS CLOSED (For Wed. Dec 5th) Alert Posted: Tue. 4th, 02:37 PM
- Centralia - SCHOOLS CLOSED - No Evening Activities/Events/Concerts UPDATE (For Wed. Dec 5th) Alert Posted: Tue. 4th, 11:09 AM
- Chehalis - SCHOOLS CLOSED - No Evening Events/Activities/Concerts UPDATE (For Wed. Dec 5th) Alert Posted: Tue. 4th, 11:25 AM
- Napavine - Two hour delayed start: No morning pre-school or P.M. kindergarten (For Wed. Dec 5th) Alert Posted: Tue. 4th, 02:23 PM
And as we reported earlier, Centralia College main campus classes are canceled and CC East is on schedule.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
I’d says it’s definitely out of commission for a while.
Taken from overpass by Westside Chehalis.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
The Chehalis Wal-Mart closed yesterday (Mon.) due to the flooding. Feet of water throughout the store reported. K-Mart was up to it’s doors (image) as of this evening.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Road closure and detour updates are available from the WSDOT Lewis County - News Update page.
As of now:
- At this time, I-5 IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS from exit 88
near Grand Mound (approximately 20 miles south of Olympia) to exit
68 (11 miles south of Chehalis) due to severe flooding.
Detour route and more information. This closure is likely to last for
several days.
- SR 6 - Slide has occurred on roadway at milepost 27.
Closed at mileposts 30 - 38 due to water and debris on roadway.
- SR 7 - Passable but vehicles over 10,000 GVW are prohibited.
- SR 131 - Closed due to water on roadway. Detour route is in place.
“Drivers can now get real time traffic and weather information by dialing 5-1-1 from most phones. This new traveler information system builds upon the highly successful Washington State Highway hotline that managed 4.6 million calls each year. Callers can also use 5-1-1 to get statewide construction, mountain pass condition, and state ferry system information, as well as toll free numbers for passenger rail and airlines. TTY users can call 1-800-833-6388.”
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
“Main Campus classes are canceled for Wednesday, December 5, 2007″
Although CC East classes our on schedule.
“CC East classes are running on regular schedule.”
Visit the Centralia College website for future updates or check here.
via [http://www.centralia.edu/academics/cancellations.html]
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