Project overview
The East Wenatchee Corridor Improvement project will enhance safety and mobility along Sunset Highway in East Wenatchee between 9th Street and Hadley Street. This project includes Phases 3 & 4 of the larger “Eastside Corridor Project” to improve north-south mobility through East Wenatchee.
Currently nearly 20,000 vehicles travel along the SR 28 corridor every day. Conflicts between north-south traffic on SR 28 and traffic crossing or turning off/on the highway are increasing. The corridor also has narrow shoulders that are not ideal for pedestrians or bicycles.
This project will widen SR 28 from two lanes to four lanes and construct sidewalks and bike lanes. The project will also install a non-mountable curb median to restrict left turns to reduce collisions and traffic back-ups. Multi-lane roundabouts will be constructed at the intersections of Valley Mall Parkway, 15th Street, 19th Street, and 23rd Street.
The project will also construct a new connection to the Apple Capital Loop Trail at Valley Mall Parkway and will improve the culvert for Sand Canyon Creek near the intersection of 19th Street.
What to expect
A series of open houses were hosted in November, 2024 to introduce the project to the public and solicit feedback on proposed improvements. Open house materials and public comment are available by contacting the East Wenatchee Corridor project team.
WSDOT Real Estate Services group was also available at the open house events and continues working with affected landowners to purchase necessary property for fair market value.
Construction will require several levels of traffic control depending on the construction phase, including lane closures and shifts, flagger-controlled traffic and delays and detours. Adjacent property owners will be contacted should construction activities close access points or will require a substantial detour.
Starting in the fall of 2025 and until 2028, contractors for WSDOT will clear the properties that will be acquired for the widening project. This work should not have any impact on traffic.
The East Wenatchee Corridor project will construct phases 3 & 4 of the larger “Eastside Corridor project”. An Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision were approved for the entire Eastside Corridor Project by the Federal Highway Administration in 2007. The EIS considered several options to improve mobility concerns for north-south highway travel through East Wenatchee and their impacts.
- The SR 28, Eastside Corridor Final Environmental Impacts Statement was adopted on November 22, 2006. Digital or print copies are available upon request for a processing/printing fee. A print copy is also available at the East Wenatchee Community Library located at 271 Ninth Street NE in East Wenatchee, Washington and the Wenatchee Public Library located at 310 Douglas Street in Wenatchee, Washington.
- The State Route 28 (Sunset Highway) Eastside Corridor Project Record of Decision was published June 17, 2007. Digital or print copies are available upon request for a processing/printing fee.
- As a result of Executive Order 14148, 14154, 14173, and the removal of the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations, all federal environmental justice requirements are revoked and no longer applicable to the federal environmental review process. Accordingly, EIS Reevaluation will not consider public comments regarding environmental justice.