State Route 8 in McCleary began a lane revision on Tuesday, Dec. 12, that will allow crews to continue progress on the Wildcat Creek fish barrier removal project. The work includes building four new bridges that carry traffic over both branches of the creek.

Short-term rolling slowdowns were expected to shift traffic into the right lanes of both westbound and eastbound State Route 8.

This work was weather-dependent and could be rescheduled.

Next steps

Crews later will reconfigure the eastbound lanes to accommodate both directions of traffic. Like the first half of the project, crews will shift traffic to create room to build two remaining bridges. The highway will remain in that configuration for approximately 12 months.