FROM WSDOT, MARCH 26, 2020 — This morning Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar suspended most maintenance work due to COVID-19 safety concerns, and implemented an “Essential Maintenance” approach to further comply with the state’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order to safeguard public health. Under these guidelines, we have paused most maintenance across the state, including work to reopen the North Cascades Highway. Similar work pauses are occurring on Cayuse and Chinook Passes.The North Cascades Highway remains a valuable route for the movement of goods and an as an alternative evacuation route in the case of natural disaster. A date to return to normal maintenance work has not yet been determined.
