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Monthly Archives: March 2017

Issaquah Extends Moratorium On Development

The Issaquah City Council extended its development moratorium for Central Issaquah by an additional six months. This would put the moratorium out as far...

City Announces Deal Clearing Final Hurdle For Burke-Gilman’s Missing Link

The City of Seattle announced its preferred route for the Burke-Gilman Trail's Missing Link at a Tuesday press conference at the Ballard Locks. Fortunately,...

Vote No On HB 1504: Protect Natural Resource Lands

Legislators in Olympia are in a hurry to push through a flurry of bills before cutoff deadlines would make them dead. One of those...

King County Metro Transit Adds Nearly 70,000 Service Hours

King County Metro Transit is adding loads of new service in its first service change of 2017. More than 80 routes will get improvements...

Action Alert: Preserve Sound Transit’s Board

On Wednesday, conveniently after a Seattle Times article detailed how Sound Transit--or rather the Washington State Department of Licensing--values new and used cars to...

Monday’s Traffic Meltdown Showed Downtown Freeways are Brittle

Monday was quite the ordeal. Around 10am a propane truck got into a collision and rolled over blocking an interchange between I-90 and I-5 near Downtown. Propane being...

Downtown/South Lake Union Rezones: Five Key Takeaways

The process for Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) rezones in Downtown and South Lake Union kicked off last week with a briefing before Seattle's Planning,...