Lynnwood City Council members plan what one councilman calls a “proper fix” to the sinking road at the intersection of Ash Way and Maple Road.
Councilman Sid Roberts said last week that the sentiment of the council and city staff members is to do the proper fix.
“The proper fix is to have piling driven down to load bearing soil and then rebuild the road on top of the piling,” Roberts said. “The ‘Band-Aid’ solution of a simple overlay would save money now but would cost more money in the long run.”
Roberts said council members, at a work session last week, had instructed staff members to draft an ordinance for council approval after the staff gathers information including how to pay for the fix and detail on when construction would start.
Since the council doesn’t take action at work sessions, there was no formal action and no timeline established. However, he said, there was consensus that the staff was heading in the right direction and should recommend an ordinance for formal action.
The intersection has settled more than 19 inches since that portion of Maple Road was built in 1983. It now is sinking an average of about an inch a year.
The roadway is built on top of roughly 37 feet of peat. It tends to flood after significant rainfall.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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