It’s another chicken chokepoint, this time in Lynnwood. A new Raising Cane’s is about to open on 164th Street S.W., and the county has implemented special traffic management plans to address potential congestion.
The chicken-finger joint is taking over the old Wells Fargo Bank Branch on 164th Street S.W., just east of I-5 in Lynnwood. It is set to open on June 23. This will be Raising Cane’s fourth location in Washington and the furthest north.
While I have never had Raising Cane’s or the sauce that I have heard is so delicious, I am very concerned about the impact this location could have on traffic.
Chicken-prompted traffic
164th Street S.W. is one of the busiest east-west corridors in Snohomish County. It provides direct access to Mill Creek, and it backs up terribly every day, in both directions, even though there are three lanes in each direction and a center turn lane…