Bellingham’s Woburn Street reopens after storm damage repairs; Hannegan update
Woburn Street opened north of Lakeway Drive on Tuesday, following an 11-day closure caused by floodwaters from a series of storms that drenched Whatcom County in mid-December.
Bellingham Public Works officials announced the opening on the city’s website, saying that city staff and contractors worked repaired underground pipes and resurfaced the roadway.
“Thanks to quick coordination and hard work by city crews and contractors, utilities were protected, and Woburn Street is now fully reopened to traffic,” Public Works Department spokesman Connor Harron in an email to The Herald in an email.
Woburn Street, which is also the main entrance to Bayview Cemetery and the Moles funeral chapel, was closed to all traffic between Lakeway Drive and Fraser streets on Dec. 12. It was open to local traffic only from Fraser to Iowa streets.
Observers told The Herald that they saw the road sagging near the cemetery in the morning hours of Dec. 12, before the road was closed.
Woburn had a daily traffic volume of 13,000 cars and trucks at the Lakeway Drive intersection in 2018.
Meanwhile, Hannegan Road will open temporarily from Wednesday through Sunday for holiday traffic, the city said in a separate notice at its website.
During the temporary opening, Hannegan Road will have a gravel surface with jersey barriers and a reduced speed limit.
Construction will resume Monday and the road will close again between Bakerview and Van Wyck roads for repair of a culvert that washed out in this month’s storms.
This story was originally published December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM.
