Detours on the Wyatt Way Reconstruction Project on Bainbridge Island will be taking different routes starting Dec. 7.

• Drivers heading to the south end of the island from Winslow can use Madison Avenue (heading north) and Wyatt Way (heading west), or Ericksen Avenue (north);
• Drivers using Madison Avenue in either direction can expect periodic flagging of traffic through or nearby the Wyatt Way intersection;
• There will likely be some isolated times when the Madison Avenue-Wyatt Way intersection will be closed to southbound traffic. Drivers will be directed to Knechtel Way and Ericksen Avenue.
• Local access along Wyatt Way and all intersecting streets will remain open.

Wyatt Way is limited to westbound and local traffic only to minimize congestion at the Wyatt Way-Madison Avenue intersection.

Drivers heading to Winslow from the south end of the island will continue to use Finch Road/Sportsman Club Road or Weaver Road as a detour to High School Road;

The reason for the change in the detours is the contractor will begin work on the east side of the project between Ambrose Lane and Madison Avenue and the Wyatt Way-Madison Avenue intersection.

The work will start on Madison Avenue, south of the Wyatt-Madison intersection, with the replacement of stormwater drainage pipes. The drainage work will then continue closer to the intersection.

The contractor working on the project completed paving on the sidewalks this week. Road striping is anticipated to happen next week (weather permitting). The landscaping, which will be installed throughout all areas of the project, will occur in late winter.

Challenges with the water line installation on the west side of the project, which caused delays to the overall project, are mostly resolved.

The city anticipates that the project will be substantially completed in March.