A long-running project to widen the 710 Freeway hit a new hurdle after the EPA has required planners to conduct a detailed pollution study that is likely to show added truck traffic will increase pollution in an area already burdened by bad air.
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The Environmental Protection Agency issued a letter in March requiring that officials behind the 710 Freeway widening project which would add two lanes of truck traffic on either side of the freeway perform a particulate matter “hot-spot” analysis. Not completing the analysis would put the project in non-compliance with the Clean Air Act, federal officials said.
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AB83 February 4, 2021 (5:41 pm)
OK so now there’s room to open up the Low Bridge for Harbor a Island workers that live in West Seattle. come on SDOT do the right thing here and give back access to the people used it before this whole thing began.
skeeter February 5, 2021 (11:46 am)
I’m a West Seattle fella who works on Harbor Island, too. If you need to drive across the bridge to get your job done, talk to your employer. There are passes available. For commuting, it’s not too bad to just park on the West Seattle side and walk or bike across the bridge to get to work. There is also extremely frequent bus service between West Seattle and Harbor Island if you don’t want to walk or bike. My commute between West Seattle and Harbor Island is super easy and enjoyable. I bike most of the time and take the bus if the weather is really crummy. But I’m young and healthy. I’m sure it’s a much bigger problem for those who are not able to easily wa