Third Week of August 2011

The crews are doing a lot of small (relatively speaking) jobs this week. Other than the roundabouts, the sound/retaining walls, and a couple of storm lines, most of the major work has been completed!  Crews are busy moving about finishing up the smaller details including the fencing, irrigation, plants, topsoil, signs. 


At the roundabouts:
At Brassfield the crews are busy forming and pouring concrete for curbs, and at Boulevard the crews have paved as much as possible before moving onto some curbs.  Once the curbs are installed the crews can go back to paving the rest of the roundabout.


Although some people are uncomfortable with roundabouts, they have been shown to help improve the flow of traffic in many cases, and his is the hope with Yelm Highway. For many years, it has been a nightmare for people to try to make left turns during peak times or to escape the side streets. By navigating the roundabouts, people will be able to make stop-free right turns thereby no longer holding up traffic behind them. For good information on how to navigate a roundabout, please visit The WSDOT roundabout information page .

Here are a couple of aerial views of our new roundabouts for you to either drool over or to print out and throw darts at.

BOULEVARD © Aerial Images NW

BRASSFIELD ©Aerial Images NW

In addition, we have these shots of the crew paving from ground level.

Aerial photos provided by Aerial Images NW.