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Update: East Beach Road Impact

Thanks to Rich James, Senior Transportation Planner for Clallam County, and Penny Wagner of the National Park Service for getting this detailed update out to us regarding impacts at and around East Beach Road, near Lake Crescent:

Highway 101 

The first four-hour delay on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent is scheduled for Thursday September 7, 2017 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

During this four-hour period, Highway 101 eastbound will be open to the turn for Barnes Point where Lake Crescent Lodge, Storm King Information Station, NatureBridge, and the trailheads are located. Highway 101 westbound will be closed near mile marker 229 where the current rock scaling operation is underway.

Travelers should plan ahead to drive through the construction zone before 9:00 am or wait until after 1:00 pm. Due to heavy truck traffic, a pilot car will lead all traffic on Highway 101 between mile marker 225 and 228 (located west of Barnes Point) during this four-hour period and travelers should expect 15-30 minute delays.

Travelers on Highway 101 around Lake Crescent should continue to expect half-hour delays Monday through Friday during work hours. Weekday work hours from April 1 through September 23 are restricted to two hours after sunrise to two hours before sunset. Traveling in the morning before 8:00 am and after 6:00 pm can help travelers avoid the half-hour delays. After work hours and on weekends expect short delays for alternating single-lane traffic controlled by temporary traffic signals.

East Beach Road

East Beach Road has reopened to through traffic now that the replacement of the Log Cabin Creek culvert is complete. The new culvert allows for fish passage.

Paving operations on East Beach Road are scheduled to begin after Labor Day.

On September 6, paving patches will begin between the Lyre River Trailhead for the Spruce Railroad Trail and the intersection of Joyce-Piedmont and East Beach Roads.  There will be limited access between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm. Travelers should expect 30 to 60-minute delays.

On September 7,  paving operations between the Lyre River Trailhead for the Spruce Railroad Trail and the intersection of Joyce-Piedmont and East Beach Roads will restrict access to the area from 8:30 am to 11:00 am.  Following this period, paving patches will begin on East Beach Road with 30-minute delays until 6:30 pm. East Beach Road paving patches will continue during work hours on Friday, September 8 with 30-minute delays.

 

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Neat video on segment of the ODT by Spirit Vision Films

Featuring Peninsula Trails Coalition Board President, Jeff Bohman, Rich James and other champions of the 130 mile Olympic Discovery Trail route.

“On the Road takes you along the 26 mile North Olympic Discovery Marathon route starting in Blyn, Washington at the Jamestown S’Klallam tribal center along the Olympic Discovery Trail, through the Jimmy Come Lately restored estuary, Sequim Bay State Park, across the 410 foot Johnson Creek trestle, arriving in Sequim, Washington, and then to the Railroad Bridge Park and Audubon center, through the flat Dungeness Valley, to the hilly ravines east of Port Angeles, then across the beautiful Morse Creek trestle and then along the Port Angeles Waterfront trail to finish in Port Angeles, Washington. Join us on this 30-minute adventure, while learning more at each stop along the way.”

Follow the story at the Olympic Discovery Trail Facebook page.

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Welcome to the New Olympic Discovery Trail Website

The Olympic Discovery Trail has a new website and YOU helped to create it!

We surveyed trail users, members and trail supporters, evaluated hundreds of sites and website features, awarded the build contract to the most cost-effective, qualified design team, then created a new website fit to represent the Olympic Discovery Trail, Peninsula Trails Coalition, and you!!

The new Olympic Discovery Trail website is build on the foundation of both the outgoing trail and coalition sites. It has the DNA and subtle traits passed on from these websites, each of them a herculean effort of their own. Thanks to both Chuck Preble and Iris Sutcliffe for their brilliant volunteer administration of these outgoing websites.

The new Olympic Discovery Trail website replaces both the old ODT and PTC sites; 2 websites in 1! Remember to update your bookmarks and links.

Enjoy exploring the exciting new site. It has a lot of great features, and there’s so much room for it to grow.
Pass it on!  http://www.olympicdiscoverytrial.org

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Two of our own Ride the ODT end-to-end

Many who toil behind the scenes to help make the Olympic Discovery Trail what it is today, can also be found out enjoying the ODT route. On this note we’d like to congratulate a couple of hard working volunteers (Board Member, past Board Member and beyond). Why? Because they just biked the Olympic Discovery Trail end-to-end. Awesome! You can read John and Andy’s account below.

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