Road to town to be resurfaced

La Conner Whitney Road will be sporting new asphalt after a construction project scheduled to start in the wee hours Tuesday.

Jennifer Swanson, Project Manager with Skagit County Public Works said La Conner Whitney Road will be resurfaced from the La Conner round-about north to McLean Road.

Work will begin at 2 a.m. Tuesday when the county’s contractor, Lakeside Industries starts to grind the existing asphalt and lay new asphalt in the roundabout.

Construction on the portion of the project from the roundabout to the bridge over Sullivan Slough on the north end of town will be done in the middl...