Work continues on 10th Avenue E. on Capitol Hill this weekend which will result in some traffic detouring on Boylston in the Eastlake neighborhood.

Work begins Saturday at 10 a.m. and should be done by 10 p.m. on Sunday.

The northbound lane of 10th E. will be closed to all traffic but transit. Northbound traffic will again be detoured at Broadway to Roy, then Belmont, then Lakeview and onto Boylston E. in the Eastlake neighborhood before heading to Roanoke and 10th Avenue E.

The detour route should be clearly posted.

The Seattle Department of Transportation continues its work on 10th Avenue E. on Capitol Hill this weekend. The detour will send some traffic from Broadway down to our neighborhood.

Starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, the contractor will be building a concrete lane between the 520 overpass and E. Lynn. Northbound traffic will again be detoured at Broadway to Roy, then Belmont, then Lakeview and onto Boylston E. in the Eastlake neighborhood before heading to Roanoke and 10th Avenue E.

The work is expected to be finished by Sunday evening.

If it's a summer weekend, it must be time for road repairs. This weekend's roadwork isn't exactly in Eastlake but its impacts may be felt here:

• 10th Avenue E. partial closure: The delayed paving on 10th Avenue E. is now scheduled for this weekend. 10th E. will be closed to northbound traffic between E. Boston Street and E. Roanoke from 7 a.m. on Saturday until about noon on Sunday. Northbound traffic will head to the eastern fringe of Eastlake. It will be detoured to E. Roy, then Belmont E., Lakeview E. to Boylston E. and then onto E. Roanoke.
• I-5 paving: State paving crews will be working on I-5 again this weekend, from 4 to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings. They'll be patching the northbound lanes just north of the 520 exits. Lanes will be closed and they'll be using concrete saws, jackhammers, air compressors and "other noisy equipment," WSDOT says in an e-mail. The good news is that they say drivers will notice a smoother ride once the work is done. If you live close to the freeway, wear your earplugs...

UPDATE: This post has been changed since it was first published. No lanes will be paved or closed this weekend.

This just in from SDOT: The contractor's plans on this have changed. They won't be paving this weekend but will be doing work on underground utlities on 10th between Roanoke and Miller. Two lanes will be open. No traffic will be detoured.

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ORIGINAL POST:

Weekend paving on a portion of 10th Avenue E. will bring some detour traffic from Capitol Hill down onto Boylston Avenue E. and make travel from Capitol Hill to Eastlake more complicated.

During the work, 10th Avenue E. will be closed northbound between a location just south of E. Miller to E. Roanoke.

Crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation will close a lane on the west side of 10th Avenue E. at 7 a.m. Saturday and begin digging up pavement about 8 a.m. They hope to reopen the lanes by noon on Sunday, if not sooner.

During the closure, northbound traffic will detour from Broadway to E. Roy, then to Belmont... (more)

More finishing work on the noise wall project, says the State Department of Transportation. Here's their press release:

As the project winds down, we need to return the area to the way we found it before construction. That includes installing guardrail and other safety equipment along the southbound I-5 exit to Boylston Avenue E. You may notice additional noise from the freeway as we complete the work. We’ll use every reasonable measure to keep noise to a minimum.

In order to complete the work we need to close the southbound I-5 exit to Boylston Avenue E. for two nights:

• Thursday, April 30 - We’ll close the southbound I-5 exit to Boylston Avenue E. at 9 p.m. The exit ramp will re-open to drivers by 5 a.m. on Friday, May 1.
• Monday, May 4 - We plan to close the southbound I-5 exit to Boylston Avenue E. at 9 p.m. The ramp will re-open to drivers by 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5.

The I-5 Pavement Repair Project will also require lane and ramp closures in the area this week and next. You can always find project related closures online.

New pavement on the I-5 ramp at Boylston.

The last part of the Boylston noise wall project is nearing completion.

State Department of Transportation crews have finished repaving Boylston at the southbound I-5 exit. According to the DOT, the ramp should be open by 8 p.m. this evening (Saturday) unless they open it earlier. Crews are currently reinstalling barriers.

Even more important, the barriers that blocked access to Boylston at Hamlin and Edgar have been removed. This will make it easier for residents in this part of Eastlake (of which I am one) to get to the freeway and Capitol Hill.

Tonight also brings the last weekend closure of the University Bridge, from midnight to 6 a.m. This closure is part of the ongoing painting project on the bridge.

The DOT has a slideshow of the noise wall construction project: