Flooding repairs to slow travel on Baker Lk Rd

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As I commonly post notices on the PSE.com website, I thought this one might pertain to the climbing community:

 

Flooding repairs to restrict travel through August on Baker Dam Road

 

Flooding repairs to restrict travel through August on Baker Dam Road

 

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- (August 15, 2007) -- Repairs to a flood-damaged section of Baker Dam Road about a mile west of Baker Lake will cause traffic delays and detours beginning tomorrow, Aug. 16, through the end of the month, according to Puget Sound Energy. The damaged roadway, just east of Baker Lake Road, is about 13 miles north of Concrete, off State Route 20.

 

PSE is conducting the road work to ensure public access to its Baker Lake facilities. Baker Dam Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1106) provides public access to PSE's Kulshan Campground, Baker Lake Lodge, Baker Lake boat launch and Upper Baker Dam, as well as to Forest Service hiking trails east of Baker Lake.

 

Beginning Monday (Aug. 20), Baker Dam Road will be closed and motorists will need to take a five-mile detour via Horseshoe Cove to reach any of those destinations. Detour signs will be in place to guide traffic. This weekend, traffic on Baker Dam Road may encounter construction preparation-related delays of up to 30 minutes.

 

Flooding last winter washed out a large section of roadbed where Baker Dam Road crosses Sulfur Creek. Temporary repairs were performed last spring to re-open the road in time for the boating and fishing season. This month's road work will include removing a damaged culvert and rehabilitating Sulfur Creek's stream bed in preparation for the future installation of a permanent bridge crossing.

 

 

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