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Impacts: During working hours, crews will close a 150-foot stretch of Powerhouse Road adjacent to the site. Crews will reopen the area for railroad traffic or vehicles traveling to and from the Powerhouse.
In the grass to the north, a temporary fenced area will abut the closed section of Powerhouse Road.
The gravel walking path next to Capitol Lake will remain open.
Why: Last winter, a minor landslide (right) spilled onto the railroad tracks running alongside Powerhouse Road.
To clear the area and restore the hillside, crews are removing dead brush and silt, installing topsoil and netting, and reseeding the slope. To finish this work, they will move back and forth across the roadway from the fenced area to the tracks.
The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) stewards the Washington State Capitol Campus, an internationally accredited arboretum. The 403‐acre campus includes five parks, 18 monuments and works of art, and the 260-acre Capitol Lake, which is being restored to an estuary. Each year, we welcome more than 400 public and private events and hundreds of thousands of visitors to our historic Capitol Campus. See a list of upcoming events. Learn more about the Department of Enterprise Services.
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