House transportation package proposes widening Highway 524
Going east from Lynnwood, Highway 524 curves down a ravine to swampland that remains evident along the roadside, skirts Bothell’s city limits and eventually ends at Maltby.
The highway directly connects four communities: Edmonds, Lynnwood, Bothell and Maltby.
In Lynnwood, its five lanes are 196th Street SW. East of city limits at 24th Avenue W, the highway winnows to two lanes. During afternoon rush hour, that bottleneck creates backups into Lynnwood.
But a bit of relief could be on the distant horizon.
A proposed House transportation package includes $15 million toward widening fewer than three miles between 24th Avenue W and and Bothell city limits, but it will have to survive negotiations and the governor’s pen. The $15 million would revise environmental work and finish design, but a planning-level estimate from a coalition of Snohomish County groups puts the total project’s cost around $100 million, Snohomish County Public Works deputy director Doug McCormick said.
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