{"id":16076,"date":"2026-04-09T09:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:47:25","slug":"washington-and-72nd-closure-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/washington-and-72nd-closure-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington and 72nd\u00a0Closure\u00a0Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A closure&nbsp;of 72<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;Avenue and Washington Avenue&nbsp;for roundabout work&nbsp;is extended through Sunday evening, April 12<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work began on Monday, April 6<sup>th<\/sup>. The intersection was originally scheduled to re-open Friday, April 10<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detours are provided.\u00a0Access is\u00a0maintained\u00a0to properties in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upgrades for the new roundabout were completed in September 2025. Concrete that was used in the island&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of the roundabout needs to be replaced. The cost of replacing the concrete will be borne by the project contractor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, the schedule for this type of project is subject to change daily dependent on weather, equipment failure,&nbsp;and emergencies.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about the project call City of Yakima Chief Engineer Dana Kallevig at 509-575-6048.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A closure&nbsp;of 72nd&nbsp;Avenue and Washington Avenue&nbsp;for roundabout work&nbsp;is extended through Sunday evening, April 12th.&nbsp; Work began on Monday, April 6th. The intersection was originally scheduled to re-open Friday, April 10th.&nbsp; Detours are provided.\u00a0Access is\u00a0maintained\u00a0to properties in the area.\u00a0 Upgrades for the new roundabout were completed in September 2025. Concrete that was used in the island&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16077,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16076\/revisions\/16077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}