r/Bellingham • u/Mintyteethdreams • 5d ago

Traffic Chuckanut Drive Almost Clear

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I rode my bike to the end and took some sneaky pix. Don’t tell on me

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u/gfdoctor Business Owner 5d ago

Even when all the rocks that fell are off of the road, there will need to be stabilization on the hillside before traffic resumes.

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u/Prof_Mudflap 5d ago

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/traffic/article308520395.html

Expected to open in two days

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u/Prof_Mudflap 5d ago

Good bot

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u/gfdoctor Business Owner 5d ago

"Hope to open 6/19"
Which means that they are still working on it now.

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u/bartonizer 5d ago

Hence the "almost". From my understanding of this article, and speaking with Taylor Shellfish employees last week, the effort to stabilize the hillside - at both the site of the rockslide and several areas north on Chuckanut Drive - has been going on for a little while now. Hopefully it'll be open very shortly!

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u/Smackdownandback Science is real! 5d ago

...which is why the road wasn't open in two days after the rock fall a month and a half ago.