This popular Point Defiance Park road will close to all traffic on Wednesday
Five Mile Drive at Point Defiance Park is scheduled close to all traffic on Wednesday, April 7.
The closure was delayed multiple times as the contractor ran into a setbacks to prepare for installation of a new water supply line.
The road will close to all vehicle, pedestrian and cycling traffic during the one-day closure.
The closure is part of a wider bout of traffic detours on Five Mile Drive as crews work to replace an obsolete water supply line. The project is part of the year-long, $4 million infrastructure improvements that started at Owen Beach in February.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Point Defiance Marina and the garden areas near the pond at the park entry will be open and fully accessible during the closure.
Temporary detours on Five Mile Drive began March 29 will continue until April 9.
Vehicles are detoured to Owen Beach entrance road, routed through a construction fencing tunnel and up through the Owen Beach exit back to Five Mile Drive. Owen Beach is not open to the public.
Traffic alerts can be found at metroparkstacoma.org.
