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Work begins this week on West Snoqualmie Valley Road
projects
The King County Road Services Division will begin work this week on four
sections of West Snoqualmie Valley Road Northeast
that need repair before the coming storm season.
Three of the four projects include road closures that will disrupt
traffic, so the work will be staggered through September
and into October. The projects are located on West Snoqualmie Valley
Road between Ames Lake-Carnation Road Northeast and
Northeast Woodinville-Duvall Road.
In two locations, aging culverts under the road are failing and must be
replaced, and two other sections of the road have been
damaged by flows of groundwater in the fill beneath the roadway. County
engineers believe if they are not repaired before
heavy rainfall begins, those sections of roadway could crack, sink,
buckle, or collapse.
Here is information on the first closure:
Sept. 11-14 – Remove a 37-foot-long section of 18-inch concrete culvert
and replace it with a pipe of the same diameter. The
work area is located between Northeast 100th Street and Novelty Hill
Road on West Snoqualmie Valley Road. During this closure,
motorists can detour via Ames Lake-Carnation Road, State Route 203 and
Northeast 124th Street. This project will take seven
days to complete, but the road should only be closed for four days, with
traffic flagged through the work zone during the
remainder of the project.
King County Road staff tapped to help fight Greenwater
fire
Late last week, the state's Department of Natural Resources requested
King County Road Services Division's assistance in fighting a wildfire
burning in the rugged Greenwater area east of Enumclaw.
The division immediately responded by sending two maintenance employees
– Will Fogelberg and Mike Hudson – along with road grading equipment to
perform access support for firefighters. Once the crew completed
necessary fire safety training, they were transported with their equipment to a staging area, where they were
on standby for two days. Fortunately, DNR crews got the fire under
control over the weekend.
The Roads Division says it will continue to assist fire crews, as
needed, until the fire season is over.
Vans deployed to serve those with special
transportation needs
 Local
seniors and people with disabilities now have better transportation
options thanks to a fleet of
new passenger vans that went into service
last week. The new vans will be used by eight agencies serving seniors
and people with disabilities living across King County, including the
communities of: Shoreline; Snoqualmie; North Bend; Renton; Kent;
Pacific; Algona; Des Moines; and Seattle neighborhoods such as
Wallingford, First Hill, and the Central District.
King County Metro Transit obtained the 21 new passenger vans with a
$906,000 state grant and donated them to agency partners involved in
Metro’s Community Access program.
There are currently 20 local service agencies participating in the
specialized transportation program. In 2005, Community Access provided
more than 127,000 rides to seniors and people with disabilities. That is
addition to Access – Metro’s federally required paratransit program –
which provides more than 1 million trips a year.
It’s a football trifecta this weekend
If you are a football fan, you’ll have a lot to love this weekend as the
Seahawks, Huskies and Cougs all host games in Seattle.
The Washington State Cougars travel over the mountains for their annual
Seattle game Saturday at 2 p.m. against the Baylor Bears at Qwest Field.
There is no special shuttle service for this year's WSU game. However,
you can still park free at an outlying park-and-ride lot and ride
regular Metro service either directly to Qwest Field or to downtown
Seattle where you can connect to service to the stadium.
Next up is the
University of Washington Huskies kicking off against the
always-tough Fresno Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m., also on Saturday. The Huskies
will be offering free Metro service to the stadium. In addition to
regular bus service to and from campus, there is also special shuttle
service between the stadium and eight park-and-ride lots: Shoreline;
Northgate Transit Center; Houghton; Kingsgate; South Kirkland; Eastgate;
South Renton; and Federal Way.
On Sunday at 1 p.m., the
Seahawks take on the Arizona Cardinals. There
will be special shuttles to Qwest Field from the following park-and-ride
lots: Northgate, South Kirkland, Eastgate, Kent/James Street, and
Federal Way/South 320th Street. The fare is $3 each way.
See Metro Online for details on service to all the games.
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