Drivers should be aware runners following a course through Ferndale can be expected to impact traffic tomorrow morning.
For several years about this time each year, the Annual Northwest Passage Ragnar Relay takes off from Blaine and leads teams of hundreds of runners on a course through Ferndale on their way to the end of the course on Whidbey Island.
Runners can expected to be passing through Ferndale between 8am and 1pm.
Not all roads the course follows are equipped to handle both the volume of runners in addition to vehicle traffic. As well, runners come from all over the Pacific Northwest and are often not familiar with the area and the roads. Last year, several calls were made to What-Comm 911 dispatch voicing concerns for runner safety at busy intersections and around the Slater Road overpass when runners were seen running in traffic.
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Click for more informationRunners are expected to arrive in Ferndale via Olson Road from Grandview Road. The course turns down Thornton Street to Church Road, then north on Church to Brown Road and down Vista Drive to 3rd Avenue. to Ferndale High School.
Expect lots of relay-related activity around Cascadia Elementary and Ferndale High School as those are relay hand-off points.
Runners will continue out of Ferndale via Main Street to Hovander Drive, to Smith Road and south on LaBounty Road to Sunset Avenue. From there, they will take Rural Avenue to Slater Road and head out to Northwest Drive, continuing on through Bellingham.