Woodland – Drivers of Lewis River Road/state Highway 503 near Speelyai Bay Road along Lake Merwin should expect daytime delays as crews begin long-term work of stabilizing the hillside next week.
Starting Monday, drivers could be delayed for up to 20 minutes at a time while Rock Supremacy LLC crews work on the hillside above the road.
The contractors are working for the Washington Department of Transportation.
During the work, flaggers will move traffic through the work zone from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays during rock scaling and anchoring. Outside work hours traffic will alternate through one lane until the project is complete later this year.
The speed limit in the work area will be down to 25 mph.
A detour will be in place until the project is finished, for drivers’ convenience. The highway could be intermittently closed as the stabilization work goes on.
