Councilmember Larry Phillips
Council District 4
516 Third Ave., Rm. 1200 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 206-296-1004 Toll Free: 800-325-6165 TTY/TDD: 206-296-1024 Fax: 206-296-0198 Serving the communities of northern Downtown, Belltown, South Lake Union, Uptown, Queen Anne, Interbay, Magnolia, Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, Phinney Ridge, Bitter Lake, Broadview, Crown Hill, Greenwood, North Beach, and the western portion of Northgate.
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Phillips Praises Viaduct Decision, Urges Access for Northwest Seattle Residents
"A courageous choice, now and for the future," is what Councilmember Larry Phillips called the decision to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a bored bypass tunnel, surface, and transit improvements. Phillips also asked that the viaduct project team continue exploring access to the bypass tunnel for northwest Seattle communities. Read more. Read Phillips' Seattle Times viaduct OpEd: "Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement needs a bored tunnel to serve capacity and neighborhoods." |
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University Link Light Rail Extension Earns $813 Federal GrantSound Transit welcomed Federal Transit Administration officials to Seattle as the FTA awarded an $813 million grant to build the University Link light rail extension. Sound Transit Board Member Phillips participated in the ceremony where the nation's top transit official awarded the grant agreement at Sound Transit headquarters. Read more. Learn more about University Link. |
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King County Council Calls on State Lawmakers to Act on Revenue Options for Counties
One of the state's priorities this session must be to fix the broken structure for providing revenues for all counties across the state, according to the state legislative agenda unanimously adopted by the King County Council. Read more. |
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Council Authorizes Settlement of Federal Complaint over Inmate Conditions at King County Jail The King County Council authorized a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over conditions at the King County Jail. Councilmember Phillips called humane treatment for those in the criminal justice system a "founding principle of our democracy" and pledged to monitor implementation of changes called for in the settlement. Read more.
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Council Examines Metro's Snow ResponseThe Council's Committee of the Whole received briefings from Metro Transit and the Road Services Division on their response to the December snowstorm and the week of torrential rains that followed. Both agencies stressed that the extraordinary events showed areas where they could improve their policies and procedures to keep buses on the streets and roads clear. Read more.
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