Here’s what’s slowing up northbound Interstate 5 traffic near the Iowa Street exit
Emergency units are responding Friday afternoon, July 12, to the report of a traffic collision near the Iowa Street exit of northbound Interstate 5. Traffic is beginning to back up.
According to emergency radio broadcasts, Bellingham Fire Department personnel were called to milepost 254 of northbound I-5 at 2:11 p.m.
A Washington State Department of Transportation camera at the Iowa Street exit on I5 appears to show traffic funneling down to one lane. The camera at the Samish Way exit showed traffic backed up the northbound on-ramp.
At 2:31 p.m., and emergency radio broadcast said that the incident had been cleared.
This story was originally published July 12, 2019 at 2:26 PM.
David Rasbach
The Bellingham Herald