Heading north out of Seattle on I-5? The ride is on its way to getting a lot smoother.

The next step in rehabilitating and preserving the roadway between Northgate and Shoreline begins the night of Monday, Jan. 26.

That’s when contractors working for WSDOT will start the process of grinding all the lanes. The grinding work is the second half of the pavement repair project between N.E. 117th Street and SR 104 at the King-Snohomish county line.