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Closure of Intersection at 30th Ave. S and Kent/Des Moines Road for Federal Way Link construction

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Crews working on the Federal Way Link Extension will be closing the intersection at 30th Avenue South and Kent/Des Moines Road starting Feb. 5 for tree removal. The closure is expected to last until Feb. 22. 

Construction will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The intersection will remain closed overnight and on weekends. 

Drivers headed north on 30th Avenue S will be detoured around the closure by heading south on 30th Avenue South, west on South 240th Street, then north on SR 99 to Kent/Des Moines Road. 

This work is weather dependent. All project construction work is done under stringent COVID-19 health and safety guidelines.

The Federal Way Link Extension will open for service in 2024. For more information on the Federal Way Link Extension and to sign up for project updates, visit www.soundtransit.org/fwlink.