Major construction on a $12 million revamp of the 38th Avenue corridor started two weeks ago, but the real pain for drivers starts now.
The city of Gig Harbor announced last week that a “rolling three-month closure” of 38th Avenue will start Monday, Aug. 17. Traffic could squeeze through the project on at least one lane of 38th during the first two weeks of work, but that won’t be the case for the next few months.
Both directions of 38th Avenue between Hunt Street and 63rd Street Court closed at 7 a.m. Monday. That allows contractors to begin installing new sewer lines under the street.
The project and resulting road closure will move steadily south on 38th, roughly a block at a time, until the sewer work wraps up. Depending on weather and other factors, that could happen as soon as early December…