Installation of two utility pipelines between Preston and Fall City will result in daily closures of a half-mile stretch of the Preston-Fall City Road starting next Monday. The projects are under the supervision of Puget Sound Energy and the Fall City Water District. Starting May 7, the crews are expected to shut down the road daily from 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday between Southeast 47th Street (Lake Alice Road) and 328th Way Southeast. The project should be completed in two weeks. During this time, utility crews will be installing new gas and water pipelines. The contractor will post detour information and work to reduce the impact to school buses and local traffic. Watch for electronic signboards near the closure area for more information.
Transit service affected this week by march and ball games King County Metro Transit is expecting delays and disruptions to transit service throughout downtown Seattle on Tuesday afternoon, May 1, due to a civic march and an evening baseball game. On Wednesday, May 2, there will be an afternoon Mariners game starting at 12:35 p.m. On Tuesday from about 4-6 p.m., a May Day march in the north part of downtown Seattle will affect nearly all transit service that travels in any direction through, to, or from the Seattle Center, South Lake Union, Belltown and downtown areas. A large number of marchers is expected to travel from the Seattle Center to Westlake Plaza and then back to the center. If you plan to travel downtown on Tuesday, Metro encourages you to: • Leave your car at home or at a convenient park-and-ride lot, and ride transit;
• Avoid downtown, or plan to travel prior to 3:30 p.m. or after 6:30 p.m.; and
• Expect and plan for significant congestion and delays affecting all traffic – including buses – from lower Queen Anne to south SODO, and from the waterfront to Interstate 5. For detailed information, visit Metro Online. |
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More parking at Northgate Transit Center King County Metro Transit plans to open its section of the new Northgate Mall parking garage to transit riders on Wednesday morning, May 2 at 5 a.m. The garage is located to the north of Metro’s Northgate Transit Center at Northeast 103rd Street and Second Avenue Northeast. Metro is leasing 280 spaces in the garage – which was built by the mall owners – to be used as park-and-ride stalls. Metro’s spaces are located on floors 1 and 2. They are marked “Reserved for Park-and-Ride Customers Monday through Friday.” Mall shoppers can use any of the spaces left available after 9 a.m.
Stevie shows his stuff 
Stevie, the explosives-sniffing dog assigned to Metro Transit Police, recently shared his expertise with other K-9 colleagues. King County Sheriff Dep. Tim Morgan and Stevie conducted a training session for the four Seattle-area Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) trained bomb dogs. The training took place in Metro’s Lost & Found office at the King Street Center building. The training was attended by King County Dep. John Decker and his dog Jones, Ofc. Craig Williamson from the Seattle Police Department and his dog Freddie, and Ofc. Kent Plemons from the ATF Seattle office and his dog Virgil. While the dogs were in another area, Morgan and Decker planted different scents in the rooms before each dog went through for an inspection. Stevie, Jones, Freddie and Virgil were all successful, and found each of the planted items. The Lost & Found office receives many different items and is a prime training area for these dogs. In addition to using it for training, Morgan and Stevie make regular visits to Lost & Found to check items received there by Metro. |
