Thursday, October 1, 2026
A wealth of paving work is resuming on Fones Road in Olympia, as crews edge closer to the finish line of the multimillion-dollar project.
Sidewalk paving on both sides of Fones Road got going again on Wednesday, June 24, with paving work on the east side of the street between Karen Fraser Woodland Trail and the south entrance to Home Depot scheduled for Thursday, June 25.
Work crews are also expected to resume nighttime base paving along the north end of Fones Road, with some of the work taking place at Pacific Avenue and Fones Road. That work is scheduled to start on Monday, June 29.
“This work is expected to take four to five weeks to complete. Westbound traffic turning left from Pacific Avenue onto Fones Road will be reduced to a single lane to accommodate paving,” said the City of Olympia Public Works Department in a construction and traffic alert update.
“This work will be conducted overnight from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. to help prevent daytime congestion along Pacific Avenue. Please plan for possible delays and allow extra travel time when traveling through the area.”
Concrete crews are also scheduled to pour sidewalk curbs and Americans with Disabilities Act access ramps from June 29 through Thursday, July 16. That work is going to take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Construction on the Fones Road Corridor Project started in November 2024 with the goal of transforming it into a safer corridor for bicyclists, motorists, pedestrians and truckers.
The estimated cost of the corridor project is $24.5 million with the City of Olympia contributing more than $13 million. The city has also received more than $11 million in grants from state and federal sources to help pay for the project.
The project also aims to create a safer connection to transit stops on 18th and Pacific avenues, as well as add landscaping and lighting along the corridor, which measures less than three-quarters of a mile.
Road construction is scheduled to end in fall.
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chrispc2u
It only took a little over a year to build the Empire State Building. This disruption is ridiculous.
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citizenken
chrispc2u, what has a skyscraper built almost a hundred years ago on a private parcel of land, clear across the continent, got to do with a contemporary road reconstruction project that must accommodate daily traffic? Nothing. A constructive comment might be useful, yours wasn't.
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DaveinOlyWA
The Empire State building did not
HAVE TO DEAL WITH CRITICAL TRAFFIC FLOW
Had the full weight of the government behind it to help ease the pain of the depression
Had a HUGE workforce
Had EXCLUSIVE areas to operate including factories running 24/7 (with GRATEFUL employees who had not worked in nearly a year)
Dedicated delivery systems in place including roads, rail, and ship also running 24/7
Over 3500 workers working 24/7
ALL of this was possible due to the 75% reduction in city activity due to the Depression.
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