Beginning Wednesday, a portion of Interstate 5 in Fife will have lowered speed limits and shifted lanes to protect Washington State Department of Transportation construction crews on the State Route 167 Project. Between milepost 137.5 near 54th Avenue East and Porter Way at milepost 139, northbound I-5 will have a reduced speed limit of 50 mph. Southbound I-5's speed reduction to 50 mph will begin on Feb. 25. The southbound lane closure hours to complete the shift will be announced the week of Feb. 21. WSDOT project engineer Tom Slimak says the goal is to get trucks off of Fife’s roads and on a faster route to the Port. “It’s all about freight mobility,” he explains. “Getting freight into and out of the Port of Tacoma more efficiently versus what traffic sees today through the Fife area, with trucks going through the local street network.” READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/speed-reductions-i-5-fife/281-56415fc1-e5e8-471b-a165-7ce9e0ce616a