Sewer improvement work now under way in Shoreline

Boeing Creek Park will remain open to the public during a year-long sewer improvement construction project now under way in Shoreline.

The work is part of King County's Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement Project, which will increase sewer system reliability and protect public health and the environment by reducing overflows into Puget Sound.

Construction in the park will involve installing a large underground storage pipe and an odor control facility. Work hours will be from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, with shorter hours on Saturday.

County crews are asking park users to obey trail detour signs and keep pets on leashes. Some areas will be fenced off for public safety.

People should also expect temporary parking and traffic impacts in the area, including intermittent lane closures and detours. Flaggers will assist in directing traffic.

During the Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement project, King County will replace 12,000 feet of the Boeing Creek Trunk Sewer and 5,000 feet of water mains for Seattle Public Utilities. Construction on a new pump station near N.W. Innis Arden Way and 10th Ave. N.W. began in June. Replacement of the Boeing Creek Trunk sewer near the Richmond Beach Pump Station will begin in early August.

King County is earmarking $500,000 for park restoration after construction is completed in 2007.

More information about the Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement Project is available on the Web at http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/projects/hiddenlake.htm or by calling the construction information hotline at 206-205-5968.

People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county's Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health and water quality by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer utilities and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for more than 40 years.