Washington State Department Of Transportation Offers Tips For Memorial Day Travel – NewsRadio 560 KPQ

Memorial Day weekend is coming quickly and the Washington State Division of Transportation has journey updates, advisories, and a WSDOT app. to assist motorists plan forward for weekend locations. WSDOT needs to remind the driving public to count on longer than typical wait occasions at ferry docks. Washington State Division of Transportation spokesperson Barbara LaBoe says drivers ought to plan forward for delays, and visitors congestion, “We need to remind everybody to count on extra visitors, regardless of the place you might be headed, even in case you are staying on the town.”

WSDOT advises that Interstate 90 will see extra visitors than normal Memorial Weekend, and motorists ought to count on prolonged delays. There are 4 routes that sometimes see a better quantity of vacation visitors congestion and don’t have different route choices: US 2 between Skykomish and Stevens Move, 1-90 North Bend to Cle Elum, I-5 from Lacey to Tacoma, and I-5 Bellingham to the Canadian Border.

– LaBoe says parking alongside the freeway by state parks is unsafe, and motorists ought to chorus from doing it. “It’s a actually unsafe transfer to take. It’s unsafe for individuals parking and strolling alongside highways, these aren’t designed for pedestrians,” she stated. ” It’s additionally unsafe for the individuals touring by-and in some circumstances we’ve had the place emergency automobiles can’t get by means of.”

WSDOT encourages weekend vacationers to make use of the WSDOT app. and social media to trace present journey circumstances.