Edmonds Outages to Support Reliability Upgrades

Work will replace aging transmission poles and strengthen the grid

Snohomish County PUD will conduct a set of planned outages in Edmonds next week along 188th St. SW. and 88th Ave. W., as crews replace aging wood transmission poles with new steel poles. The work is designed to strengthen the transmission system, improve long-term reliability and reduce future maintenance needs.

PUD crews are completing as much work as possible in advance and coordinating activities to minimize impacts to customers. There will be six separate nights of work that will result in a small set of customers experiencing outages. The PUD will use signage, door tags, robocalls and emails to communicate directly with impacted customers and help them prepare.

The work will require intermittent road closures along both 188th St. and 88th Ave., each night depending on where the work will be conducted. Drivers should respect all road closures and detour signs.

Planned Outage Schedule

(all work will begin at 7 p.m. and be complete by 6 a.m. the following morning.)

• Along 188th Ave.
  • Oct. 20: Work will be conducted between 83rd Ave. W. and 81st Ave W.
  • Oct. 21 and 22: Work will be conducted between 86th Pl. W. and 88th Ave. W.
  • Oct. 23 and 24: Work will be conducted between 85th Pl. W. and 84th Ave. W.

• Along 88th Ave. W
  • Oct. 25: Work will be conducted at the corner of 196th and 88th Ave.
  • Oct. 26: Work will be conducted between 192nd St. SW and 194th St. SW.
  • Oct. 27: Work will be conducted between 189th Pl. SW and 191st St. Pl. SW.
  • Oct. 28: Work will be conducted between 188th St. SW and 191st Pl SW.

Safety remains the PUD’s top priority for both employees and customers. Temporarily interrupting power allows crews to complete the work safely while helping ensure better reliability in the long run.

Customers can get up to date information during the outages by visiting the PUD’s outage map and signing up for outage text alerts at snopud.com/outages.