What you need to know:
- Seward Meridian Parkway between Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Bogard Road will expand from two to four lanes by mid-November, with new signals and traffic patterns.
- The upgrades are part of a $44 million, multiyear project that includes road widening, a new pedestrian path, intersection signals and 97 light poles.
- Remaining work, including a key road connection to Seldon Road and pedestrian path paving, will be delayed until next spring.
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WASILLA — Drivers along the busy Seward Meridian Parkway will soon have four full lanes of travel and new signals as the latest milestone in a years-long widening project along the thoroughfare.
The road is expected to expand from two to four lanes along an approximately one-mile section between the Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Bogard Road before work shuts down for the winter, no later than mid-November, Alaska state transportation officials said.
Although crews recently finished paving and the road appears ready to use, they still need to complete work on a pair of new intersection stoplights and install some light poles before opening both new northbound lanes, officials said…