The planned Washington State Convention Center expansion—a $1.4 billion project in downtown Seattle—has a new contractor in place, even if it took firing the old one to get there.
Those ubiquitous yellow curve advisory speed signs pepper our highways, freeways and roadways. But often the speeds posted below the curving black arrow have old data behind them.
The new Multnomah County Central Courthouse will feature views of the Willamette River and downtown, all while allowing an architectural view for those looking toward the $300 million project near the Hawthorne Bridge.
It took only 10 days for Seattle Tunnel Partners to successfully mine beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct—State Route 99—with Bertha, a positive step in moving forward on the 1.7-mile bored tunnel that will eventually replace the raised roadway.
If it weren’t for the traffic mess created by closing the Alaskan Way Viaduct, many in Seattle would be ecstatic about the closure of the elevated and aging roadway for about two weeks.
Washington and Oregon joined 42 other states and Washington, D.C. in posting over the year construction employment growth in March, while Alaska continues to lag behind.
It may have taken a couple of years to get it to this point, but the Washington State Dept. of Transportation has turned to the open house phase to show off plans for the Colman Dock ferry terminal in downtown Seattle.