Nighttime construction along I-5 in Roosevelt, Green Lake through early 2012

WSDOT employee Bill Churney closes the I-5 express lanes near Northgate.

The WSDOT has just started work on a project to automate the closure of the I-5 express lanes. When the project wraps up in February of next year, it will reduce the time it takes for the express lanes to switch direction from one hour to 15 minutes.