Utility installation work taking place on Cooper Point Road

A stretch of Cooper Point Road is going to a be a little tougher to navigate this week because of a utility installation project.

The work, which started on Monday, Sept. 22, is scheduled to wrap up on Friday, Sept. 26. The work is  connected to the Chick-fil-A project, the City of Olympia Public Works Department said in a construction and traffic alert.

The work will be a combination of day and night work as scheduled below:

• Night work will occur on Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. impacting the two northbound lanes and southbound left-turn lane.
• Day work will occur Wednesday, Sept. 24 to Friday, Sept. 26, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. which will impact one northbound lane.

"Please plan on using alternate routes or adding extra travel time," the City of Olympia Public Works Department said in the alert.