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April 1, 2025

Learn about I-5 fish barrier removal

By JOURNAL STAFF

BELLINGHAM — The Washington State Department of Transportation launched an online open house Monday for people to learn more about its $159.6 million Interstate-5 fish passage project between Bellingham and Burlington.

Kiewit Infrastructure West-PND Engineers is design-builder on the project that includes removing 17 barriers and replacing them with 10 new structures designed to allow fish to swim freely under I-5 and adjacent county roads. The work, which will continue through 2027, will reconnect natural stream habitat for Lake Creek, Chuckanut Creek and unnamed tributaries to Friday and Lake creeks along a 6-mile stretch of I-5 in south Whatcom and north Skagit counties. Bypass roads will also be built to divert traffic around work areas.


 
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