<div dir="ltr">Thought this was interesting info about Ghee Creek rest areas.<div>Thought I would pass it on since the chapter does 1 or 2 weekends out there a year.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Beth Greenberg</font></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Washington State Department of Transportation</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wsdot@service.govdelivery.com">wsdot@service.govdelivery.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 8:42 AM<br>Subject: WSDOT Travel Advisory: Annual maintenance work to close I-5 Gee Creek rest areas starting April 8<br>To: <<a href="mailto:merribeth.manning@gmail.com">merribeth.manning@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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April 8, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Annual maintenance work to close I-5 Gee Creek rest areas starting April 8 </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RIDGEFIELD – Travelers who need to take a break while on Interstate 5 should plan ahead beginning Monday, April
8.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNDA4LjQzODI4NzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNDA4LjQzODI4NzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzM5MDk4MyZlbWFpbGlkPW1lcnJpYmV0aC5tYW5uaW5nQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9bWVycmliZXRoLm1hbm5pbmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnRhcmdldGlkPSZmbD0mbXZpZD0mZXh0cmE9JiYm&&&100&&&https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/RestAreas/default.htm" target="_blank">Gee
Creek rest areas</a> located on both directions of I-5 near the State Route 502 interchange (Exit 11) for annual maintenance work.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Closure details</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The southbound Gee Creek rest area will be closed from 1 a.m. Monday, April 8 until 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 12.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The northbound Gee Creek rest area will be closed from 1 a.m. Monday, April 15 until 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 19.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">During the closures, WSDOT maintenance crews will deep clean each location, repair damaged picnic areas, update
landscaping and conduct routine safety inspections of the electrical and plumbing systems.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Both rest areas are among the busiest in the state, with approximately 800,000 annual visitors utilizing each
facility, a figure calculated by the number of toilet flushes. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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