Mon, 01/11/2021
The Washington State Department of Transportation has announced that work to replace and repair the bridge bearings on the 1st Ave South Bridge will begin in February but the exact date is not yet certain. They posted the news on their blog: The current estimate is early February; once we have a specific date we ll share it on our website and Twitter.
Massana Construction Inc. of Gig Harbor had the lowest bid among the five contractors who submitted proposals. Their bid of roughly $380,000 was actually about 18 percent below our engineer s estimate. The savings will be available for us to use on other projects.
Tue January 12, 2021 - West Edition #2
Associated Press
The new study built on previous state-sponsored studies that asserted there is sufficient demand for trains running at up to 250 mph between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
A new government report on high speed rail in the Pacific Northwest recommends that Oregon, Washington and British Columbia formalize their interest in a
Cascadia bullet train by creating an independent body to plan and eventually build it.
But a critic with a conservative think tank said the region should take heed of California s high speed rail woes and end the Cascadia bullet train ambitions, the Northwest News Network reported.
Tue January 12, 2021 - West Edition #2
Chuck MacDonald â CEG CORRESPONDENT
The project required night paving because of the heavy traffic, which included trucks bearing cargo from the Port of Seattle and passenger traffic arriving from ferries.
A driver traveling north on I-5 from Seattle toward the Canadian border might note the variety of transportation arteries that surround this busy interstate. The heavy truck traffic rolling out of the Port of Seattle carries cargo out of container ships docked from around the world. Seattle s location in the Puget Sound means commuters and visitors scurrying to their destinations after traveling from the islands in the Sound via the Washington State Ferry System. In addition, an active bus transit station shuttles passengers and commuters over 40 routes each day. And finally, a section of the light rail system is under construction, which will carry passengers northward, then cross over the freeway to deliver passengers traveling sout