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TRAFFIC WATCH: Union Hill Road closed this weekend

The King County Road Services Division will be making repairs on Northeast Union Hill Road at 199th Avenue Northeast, which will require the road east of Redmond to be closed to through traffic between 195th Avenue Northeast and 205th Avenue Northeast from 5 a.m. on Saturday, May 24 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 25.

Crews will work over the weekend to avoid disrupting commuter and school traffic. Additional work along the curb will be done the following week and will require a lane closure. This additional work will be done during non-commute hours.

Last winter, Union Hill Road was damaged by significant storms that caused the roadway to drop approximately 12 inches along the edge and caused damage to a retaining wall that supports the roadway. Repairs are being done in two phases. The first phase must be completed by June 1 to qualify for federal funding.

During the road closure, motorists can detour via State Route 202, 204th Place Northeast, 208th Avenue Northeast, and Novelty Hill Road.

Memorial Day transit service

On Memorial Day – Monday, May 26 – most transit service will operate on a Sunday schedule. One exception is the Elliott Bay Water Taxi, which will operate on a Saturday schedule. The Water Taxi land shuttle, Metro Route 773, will also operate on a Saturday schedule.

Metro will provide a direct shuttle between Northgate and the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center from Saturday through Monday for $2 each way.

All Metro offices will be closed on the holiday. For more details on the holiday weekend service, visit Metro Online.

Metro’s Rothwell honored for safe driving


Bob Rothwell.

Metro Transit bus driver Bob Rothwell was recently honored by the agency for 35 years of safe driving.

Bus operators mark a year of safe driving whenever they complete a calendar year with no preventable accidents – the National Safety Council’s stringent standard for safety. Rothwell has been driving for Metro since 1967.

Rothwell’s record is the longest current award for any full-time operator. Transit Operations Manager Jim O’Rourke said the achievement is all the more remarkable because Rothwell always chooses route assignments in downtown Seattle where the traffic situation is the most challenging.

“Bob is a great role model for all his co-workers,” said O’Rourke. “He truly exemplifies Metro’s guiding principle of ‘safety first.’"

 
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Updated:  May 19, 2008

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