By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
New traffic cameras along Interstate 5 between Grand Mound and Tumwater will be turned on in the morning, to help motorists get a real-time look at travel and road conditions.
Six cameras [1] will go live at 7 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.
“We want people to know what conditions on this stretch of I-5 are like before they leave the house,” WSDOT Olympic Region Administrator Kevin Dayton stated in a news release. “It’s all about keeping drivers informed so they can avoid possible delays.”
The south Thurston County traffic cams installed between exits 88 and 95 are part of four projects totaling $390 million to improve flow along an 18-miles stretch of the freeway between Lewis and Thurston counties, according to DOT.
The projects are being paid for from the 2003 and 2005 gas-tax packages, according to the news release.