Highway lane closures and slowdowns near Olympia, Olympia WA
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, highway lanes near Capitol Boulevard in Olympia are closed and causing slow traffic due to towing and debris removal. Lanes 1 and 2 have reopened, but lane 3 remains closed. Traffic control including rolling slowdowns is in place to manage safety and clear the area.
Audio|Heard on: Washington State Patrol District 1 - Olympia Area
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03:24
Transcript:
00:00
Wait, just stop anywhere? The lane looks pretty clean.
00:07
I'm not happy with how they are doing this.
00:09
This is too far of a closure.
00:11
Are there D.O.T.
00:12
still up there with you?
00:14
Oh, the freeway is open in front of me all the way past Capitol.
00:20
Tom, 3.3. Olympia.
00:23
Excuse me. Just keep going.
00:25
I'm going to talk to them.
00:27
Tom, through.
00:30
Lanes 1 and 2 reopen, lane 3, still closed.
00:35
Town 3A 3-1.
00:41
There is no DOT or debris left in the left lane from, well, north of Capitol Boulevard.
00:53
10-3-2.
00:59
Would be a 11263-1-123-843 Olympia Wildlife 4-4 status?
01:13
Wildlife 444.
01:15
Wildlife 4-48-43.
01:18
10-0-8, Olympia with 10-0-3.
01:22
10-0-8 with 10.0-3-48.
01:30
10-08, you just want to sit back there for just a second.
01:33
Once we get the tow hooked up, we're going to get this all moved off to the parking ride.
01:39
Gotcha. I'll try to back up some, see how much I can get you.
01:48
Can we have the Tom unit that's further south of the curve do a rolling slowdown? Come north to us, keep the left lane close.
02:05
163-844.
02:08
Tom 3833, verify, if I received.
02:10
Correction, Tom 383, verify, receive?
02:14
Tom 383, no, again.
02:21
Do you really slow down and slow down again and then we're going to keep the left one closed up here.
02:25
The gap is too large.
02:26
People are going three-way speed through the curve.
02:30
Tom, straight through.
02:32
Another truck will be here in two minutes to fill the gap.
02:41
We're received.
02:43
The gap is too long.
02:44
People are getting up to freeway speed with the two lanes about a half a mile south of us.
02:51
9th Olympia, south from 111, where do they need the rolling slowdown?
02:59
Okay, for that unit, they need it north at 104.
03:09
Rolling slowdown, keep it really slow down, five miles per hour,
03:13
and once all the traffic gets you, they're not going to go any faster, passes when you have trains open.
03:20
Nine to one, Ray, just turn on my radio.
03:22
Don't know where you guys need me.
03:23
I'm headed south now.
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Location mentioned:
Capitol Blvd SE, Olympia, WA 98501
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