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Subj: It's time to move on...so who is going to keep the Transportation Outreach List or should I ditch it?
 

Hi all,

I asked VMICC earlier this year who wants to maintain the list for Transportation Outreach.  No one had responded.  Just goes to show you that what should be an island concern cannot be maintained by one person over time.   I would be happy to send articles or such to someone as I did with Gary Sipple, but no takers so far.

 

I will be sending out one more message around early October/November after the Gov’s new budget comes out.  After that, then people will become as uninformed as our current editor of the Beachcomber (who can’t understand the difference between the transportation capital budget and the operations budget no matter how many times we explain it).

 

Kari Ulatoski

 

From: Library [mailto:Lib...@WSDOT.WA.GOV]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 8:45 AM
To: WSDOT On-line News Clips
Subject: WSDOT Online News Clips -- July 22, 2013

 

WSDOT Online News Clips -- July 22, 2013

 

Here are some online news clips that are also available in the "Agency Issues/Topics" folder in the Public Folders of WSDOT Exchange/Outlook Mail. Some of these links will only be available for a limited time. If you will need the information later, print the article on the day it is published.

 

WSDOT executives, directors, regional administrators and communicators are encouraged to share this information with other employees.

 

The opinions expressed in these online news clips do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), its employees, management or contractors and are solely the responsibility of their authors. Due to the dynamic nature of online media and the advertisers on which they rely, some comments and imagery may be considered offensive. 

 

Construction/Road Work

Getting There: Bidding for next stage of corridor opens soon.  Spokesman-Review
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jul/22/bidding-for-next-stage-of-north-spokane-corridor/

WSDOT to Host Open House Thursday on Interstate 5, Chamber Way Construction.  Centralia Chronicle
 

Busy I-5 rest area south of Federal Way to close for a week.  Tukwila Reporter
http://www.tukwilareporter.com/news/216213071.html

WSDOT construction update | July 20-26.  Enumclaw Courier-Herald
http://www.courierherald.com/news/216296521.html

Mercer Alert: daytime lane closures on I-5 on-ramps start Monday.  Queen Anne View
http://www.queenanneview.com/2013/07/21/mercer-alert-daytime-lane-closures-on-i-5-on-ramps-start-monday/

Twin bridge repair: $70,000 plus.  Colfax Gazette
 

Francis Avenue bridge project gives boost to ironworkers.  Spokane Journal of Business
 

Liberty Lake roundabout slated at Mission, Harvard.  Spokane Journal of Business
 

Incidents

Idaho man hurt when car strikes deer on I-205 in Vancouver.  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/20/idaho-man-hurt-when-car-strikes-deer-i-205-vancouv/

UPDATE: Bicyclist hurt in I-5 crash.  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/21/bicyclist-hurt-i-5-crash/

UPDATE: Highway 503 to be blocked for 'extended period' due to crash south of Amboy.  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/22/single-vehicle-crash-blocks-highway-503-south-ambo/

US Highway 12 Reopens Near Wallula Junction After Semi Truck Accident.  KNDO
http://www.kndo.com/story/22885616/us-highway-12-closed-near-wallula-junction-due-to-crash

UPDATE: One hurt in wreck that closed Highway 12 near Wallula Junction.  Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/19/2477489/us-highway-12-near-wallula-junction.html

Update: Moses Lake man killed during head-on collision.  Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/19/2476606/one-person-dead-after-collision.html

Two injured in Ephrata motorcycle wreck.  Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/19/2477098/two-injured-in-ephrata-motorcycle.html

Woman injured in motorcycle wreck near Quincy.  Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/19/2477474/woman-injured-in-motorcycle-wreck.html

Highway 12 pileup sends Tenino man to hospital.  News Tribune
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/07/19/2686604/highway-12-pileup-sends-tenino.html

Two from Royal City, 1 from Othello hurt on Highway 26.   Columbia Basin Herald
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/crescent_bar_chronicle/news/crime/article_590074e2-eda0-11e2-b73f-001a4bcf887a.html

One killed, another injured in crash.  Wenatchee World
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/19/one-killed-another-injured-in-crash/

Beaverton Woman Injured After Wreck Near Morton.  Centralia Chronicle
 

Traffic Snarls on State Route 16 At 19th Street on Friday (UPDATE).  University Place Patch
http://universityplace.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/traffic-snarled-on-state-route-16-at-19th-street

Skagit River Bridge

Deadline pressures nix steel use is bridge.  American Metal Market
http://www.amm.com/Article/3233605/Supply-Chain/Deadline-pressures-nix-steel-use-is-bridge.html

Alaskan Way Viaduct

Digging It: As Bertha bores, tunnel geeks everywhere will be watching.  Crosscut
http://crosscut.com/2013/07/19/alaskan-way-viaduct/115588/diggng-it-tunnel-geeks-watching-bertha/

Bertha To Get Send-Off Before Burrowing Below Seattle.  KUOW
http://www.kuow.org/post/bertha-get-send-burrowing-below-seattle

Bertha’s having a party and you’re invited.  KCPQ
http://q13fox.com/2013/07/19/berthas-having-a-party-and-youre-invited/

Bertha getting ready to “bore” down.  KCPQ
http://q13fox.com/2013/07/20/bertha-getting-ready-to-bore-down/

Big Bertha about to head under downtown Seattle for 14 months.  MyNorthwest
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2317565/Big-Bertha-about-to-head-under-downtown-Seattle-for-14-months

Highway 99 tunnel machine Seattle’s biggest grind.  Seattle Times
 

Tunnel machine “Bertha” poses for crowd of more than 5,000.  Today File
 

SLIDESHOW: Pre-Bore dedication event for 'Bertha' digging the SR 99 tunnel sets the tunnel in motion.  West Seattle Herald
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2013/07/20/news/slideshow-pre-bore-dedication-event-bertha-diggin

Frederickson plant returns to churning out tunnel liners after spat.  News Tribune
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/07/22/2688956/plant-returns-to-churning-out.html

Public gets last look at Seattle tunneling machine.  Everett Herald
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130721/NEWS03/707219873

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Puyallup River and Tacoma Narrows Bridge inspections require lane closures.  Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
http://www.blscourierherald.com/news/216376201.html

Columbia River Crossing

Lawmakers ask: Get back up on the bridge.  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/19/back-up-on-the-bridge-lawmakers-ask/

Ferries

TRAVEL ADVISORY | Two-boat wait for Bainbridge ferry.  Bainbridge Island Review
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/216230911.html

Commissioners explain fare increases for ferry at Bainbridge meeting.  Bainbridge Island Review
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/216291371.html

Transit

Record ridership for light rail in Seattle, Sound Transit says.  Puget Sound Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/07/18/record-ridership-for-light-rail-in.html

Sound Transit marks four years of Link light-rail service.  Progressive Rail Roading
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Sound-Transit-marks-four-years-of-Link-lightrail-service--36887

Aviation

Tacoma Narrows Airport runway to close at night for final phase of rehabilitation.  Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald
http://www.blscourierherald.com/news/216376041.html

Safety

Local Lawmaker Calling for Even Tougher DUI Penalties.  KNDO
http://www.kndu.com/story/22889468/local-lawmaker-calling-for-even-tougher-dui-penalties

Traffic Q&A: Passengers older than 16 responsible for own seat belts.  News Tribune
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/07/21/2688825/traffic-qa-passengers-older-than.html

Sustainable Transportation

Street Smarts: Tesla electric car owners can now juice up in Burlington.  Everett Herald
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130722/BLOG17/707229953/-1/news01#Tesla-electric-car-owners-can-now-juice-up-in-Burlington%0A

National

"Can-Do" States.  Innovation NewsBriefs
 

Editorials/Opinion

In Our View: Better Bridge? Game On!  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/21/better-bridge-game-on/

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers. (2nd & 4th items)  Columbian
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/20/cheers-jeers/

Seattle mayor’s tunnel antics put highways at risk.  News Tribune
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/07/22/2688983/seattle-mayors-tunnel-antics-put.html

In Our View/Paine Field Terminal: Let's not take a flying leap.  Everett Herald
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130722/OPINION01/707229973/-1/opinion#

Letters

 

 

 

 

WSDOT_to_Host.pdf
Twin_Bridge.pdf
Francis_Avenue.pdf
Liberty_Lake.pdf
Beaverton_Woman.pdf
Highway_99.pdf
Tunnel_machine.pdf
Can-Do.pdf
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