Associated Press - Tue September 22, 2020
Pierce County Requests Removal of Electron Dam
SEATTLE (AP) A Washington state county announced its goal to remove the Electron Dam on the Puyallup River located roughly 42 mi. (68 km) southeast of Seattle following the pollution of the river by the dam's owners....
Doosan - Tue September 22, 2020
Barging In . . . How Smith Island Finds Its Sea Legs
It's rare that construction equipment has sea legs. Smith Island is a young company built to offer a solution to a specific problem. And it turned out that the solution meant making its machines comfortable working in a seaside location....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 25, 2020
Constructing the North Spokane Corridor
Approximately half of the U.S. Route 395 North Spokane Corridor has been completed and is now operational. The Washington State Department of Transportation is managing the project – a 10.5-mi. north-south section of freeway along the eastern border of Spokane, Wash., designed to improve freight and commuter mobility through the metropolitan area....
Associated Press - Tue August 25, 2020
Mayor: Pier 58 in Seattle to Have 'Emergency Dismantling'
SEATTLE (AP) Mayor Jenny Durkan on Aug. 14 approved the "emergency dismantling" of Seattle's 50-year-old downtown Pier 58. The pier between the Seattle Aquarium and the Great Wheel holds up Waterfront Park – a boardwalk space with benches, scenic views and telescopes....
WSDOT - Tue August 25, 2020
Crews Remove 600 Tons of Debris From I-90 Emergency
For the past several weeks, the Washington Department of Transportation and local construction crews have been making emergency patch repairs to concrete panels under the Stampede Pass interchange. All lanes of the eastbound highway have reopened near Stampede Pass, about a day earlier than scheduled....
SDOT - Tue July 28, 2020
Mayor Declares West Seattle Bridge 'Civil Emergency'
Understanding state and federal investments will be an essential resource, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan signed a proclamation of civil emergency regarding the closure of the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge and follow-on impacts, and signed an additional emergency order requesting state and federal assistance....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 28, 2020
In Full 'Blume' — New Bridge Over I-84 Takes Shape
Ground was broken on Nov. 7, 2019 for the construction of the Portland Bureau of Transportation's (PBOT) $13.5 million Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge over I-84, a project being built by HP Civil Inc....
Kenworth - Tue July 28, 2020
Yoga Instructor Turns to Heavy Equipment Trucking Biz
From owning a fitness and yoga studio to owning and operating a successful trucking company that serves contractors in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area, Chelsy Looker is proving to be a talented entrepreneur....
SDOT - Tue June 30, 2020
How to Fix West Seattle Bridge?
The Seattle Department of Transportation recently conducted a study to figure out how to best repair the West Seattle Bridge. New analysis indicates that repairing the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge may be possible, but the department still do not know how long any repairs would last or whether useful repairs allowing us to reopen the bridge, even partially, for the time it would take to plan, design and construct a replacement would be feasible....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 02, 2020
'Rest of the West' $455M Project Starts to Take Shape
With two new gantry cranes towering against the sky, there's no doubt a $455 million project outside of Seattle is well underway. It's part of a program the Washington DOT (WSDOT) calls the "Rest of the West," a series of projects for the remaining $1.6 billion in improvements to SR 520....
