{"id":16205,"date":"2026-07-17T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:11:01","slug":"stormwater-project-to-result-in-traffic-impacts-on-portion-of-chestnut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/stormwater-project-to-result-in-traffic-impacts-on-portion-of-chestnut\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormwater Project to Result in Traffic Impacts on Portion of Chestnut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A stormwater project will result in the temporary closure of Chestnut Avenue from 22<sup>nd<\/sup> Avenue to 24<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue from July 20<sup>th<\/sup> through mid-August. The closure will also affect side streets in the area, specifically 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Avenue, Henry Avenue, Arthur Boulevard, and Lester Avenue.&nbsp; Those streets will be closed at Chestnut while the project is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access will be maintained to adjacent properties within the project area as best as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers should use alternate routes until the work is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers are encouraged to slow down and proceed cautiously through work zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As always, the schedule for this type of project is subject to change daily dependent on weather, equipment failure, and emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact City of Yakima Wastewater\/Stormwater Operations Superintendent Marc Cawley at 509-249-6854 for more about the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Stormwater-Project-to-Affect-Traffic-on-Chestnut-News-Release.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Stormwater Project to Affect Traffic on Chestnut - News Release.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-37f1e58a-a9f5-4403-93a9-761d43cbb06a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Stormwater-Project-to-Affect-Traffic-on-Chestnut-News-Release.pdf\">Stormwater Project to Affect Traffic on Chestnut &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Stormwater-Project-to-Affect-Traffic-on-Chestnut-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-37f1e58a-a9f5-4403-93a9-761d43cbb06a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stormwater project will result in the temporary closure of Chestnut Avenue from 22nd Avenue to 24th Avenue from July 20th through mid-August. The closure will also affect side streets in the area, specifically 23rd Avenue, Henry Avenue, Arthur Boulevard, and Lester Avenue.&nbsp; Those streets will be closed at Chestnut while the project is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16207,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205\/revisions\/16207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}