The speed limit on a six-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Seattle will change several times a day when the state Transportation Department installs new overhead electronic signs.
The department says variable speed control should help traffic flow more smoothly and prevent rear-end collisions. Four signs will be installed in the northbound lanes next year between Boeing Field and I-90. Drivers near the airport might be held to 30 mph or 40 mph to reduce the chance of them running into stop-and-go traffic downtown.
A Transportation project manager, Carol Hunter, says the $25 million project is one of the programs meant to relieve congestion during work on the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle.
The Associated Press
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