The dust has settled — and, so too, have the rules about what lane is for what.

East Marine View Drive in Everett was a busy spot between the I-5 off-ramp and 16th Street for several months late last year thanks to a nearby sewer project.

Drivers would get used to one configuration in the two northbound lanes, only to have it change. That’s left a bit of lingering uncertainty about what exactly is allowed.

First, some history.

There were several temporary changes at the T-intersection with Summit Avenue — near Senator Henry M. Jackson Park — related to a city project on Hayes Street, just north of there. Crews were making improvements to the combined sewer system.

That required the creation of a temporary access road east of Summit Avenue to allow construction equipment access to the work site while maintaining access to local businesses.

As part of the project, the right-hand northbound lane of East Marine View Drive was closed to regular traffic so that large trucks could more easily make right turns off that access road. That, in turn, led to re-striping the left-hand northbound lane to allow for both through traffic and left turns for general traffic. Meanwhile, left turns onto Summit Avenue were restricted during certain times of the day.

So the work wrapped up. The temporary access road went away. The left turn restrictions onto Summit were lifted. And the roadway was re-striped back to its usual two lanes.

But one thing has changed — permanently.

The northbound left lane on East Marine View Drive at Summit Avenue that used to allow both through traffic and left turns has been re-striped to allow left turns only.

“Left turns onto Summit have increased to the point where it made sense to make the change,” said Kathleen Baxter, a city Public Works spokeswoman. The change also makes it easier for drivers turning left from Summit Avenue onto East Marine View Drive by giving them their own lane to enter, she added.

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