Excerpt: | The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has devised a plan to make Interstate 5 between Mount Vernon and Burlington passable again by mid-June, Governor Jay Inslee announced this afternoon. State bridge engineers have been working feverishly to figure out how the bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Skagit River might be repaired. The […] |
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Published at: | 2:23 PM on Sunday, May 26th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Inslee: We have a plan for making I‑5’s Skagit River Bridge driveable again by mid-June
Time to give the failed I‑5 Skagit River span a new name: The Tim Eyman Memorial Bridge
Excerpt: | Yesterday afternoon on Daily Kos, progressive activist Wu Ming suggested that, in the wake of the failure of Interstate 5’s Skagit River crossing, which carries more than seventy thousand vehicles a day, it would be appropriate to give the span a new name: The Tim Eyman Memorial Bridge. Ming wrote: As I watched the coverage […] |
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Published at: | 8:01 AM on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness, Permanent Defense, Strong Commonwealth, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Hurray for Amtrak! Third daily Cascades train between Seattle and Bellingham is coming
Excerpt: | A big kudos to WSDOT, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and Sound Transit for figuring out how to pull this new service together on short notice: To assist travelers affected by yesterday’s I‑5 highway bridge collapse in Skagit County, Amtrak Cascades will add one round trip route between Seattle and Bellingham, Wash., in the coming weeks. Amtrak, […] |
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Published at: | 9:59 PM on Friday, May 24th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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Governor Inslee: Repair of collapsed I‑5 Skagit River Bridge is estimated at $15 million
Excerpt: | It’s only been sixteen hours since a section of the bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapsed, but already the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is working on a plan to put the span back together. Experts have estimated the cost of a bridge repair at around $15 million, according to […] |
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Published at: | 10:50 AM on Friday, May 24th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness, Transportation |
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Washington’s elected leaders respond to collapse of I‑5 bridge over Skagit River
Excerpt: | As the evening goes on, more and more elected leaders are reacting to tonight’s breaking news out of Skagit County. A section of the bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Skagit River, just north of Mount Vernon, has collapsed into the water. The cause of the disaster is believed to be an overheight truck […] |
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Published at: | 10:39 PM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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BREAKING: A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over Skagit River has collapsed
Excerpt: | Breaking, hugely consequential news out of Skagit County tonight: A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Mount Vernon has collapsed, according to the State Patrol and eyewitness reports on Twitter. The Seattle Times has an even more remarkable photo. The structural failure occurred just before 7 PM, the State Patrol […] |
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Published at: | 7:45 PM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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U.S. House passes bill to take decision on Keystone XL pipeline out of president’s hands
Excerpt: | By a vote of two hundred and forty-one to one hundred and seventy-five, the U.S. House tonight opted to approve a Republican-backed bill that essentially seeks to give Canadian petroleum giant TransCanada final approval to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the American Midwest (and across the border into Alberta). Nineteen Democrats sided with two […] |
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Published at: | 9:14 PM on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Monster tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least thirty-seven people
Excerpt: | Disaster strikes again: A massive tornado roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, grinding up neighborhoods and ravaging at least one elementary school in its path. Terror quickly spread as the Emergency Medical Services Authority rushed ambulances to Briarwood Elementary School in the Moore School District and to several homes, businesses and intersections […] |
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Published at: | 4:32 PM on Monday, May 20th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Breaking News, National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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Christy Clark declares victory in B.C., but trails the NDP’s David Eby in her own riding
Excerpt: | British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, whose B.C. Liberals scored a huge upset over the New Democratic Party, has just finished delivering her victory speech in downtown Vancouver in front of hundreds of cheering supporters. Smiling broadly, Clark declared that her party had won a clear mandate to govern and would move forward with its plans […] |
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Published at: | 11:40 PM on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Live Coverage |
Tags: | BC-Assembly |
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Not-so liberal Liberals projected to win in British Columbia; score huge upset over NDP
Excerpt: | So much for all those predictions of a big NDP victory. It’s been an hour and fifteen minutes since polls closed in British Columbia’s 2013 provincial elections, and the New Democratic Party (NDP) has yet to overtake the Liberals in the count of leading/elected MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly). And it looks like they’re […] |
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Published at: | 9:20 PM on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | BC-Assembly |
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B.C. Journal: A Tsawwassen sunset
Excerpt: | One of the joys of traveling is unexpectedly encountering a scene or landscape that is so beautiful that it takes your breath away. That happened to me last night as I was journeying south towards the United States-Canada border. I decided to detour off of Highway 99 into Ladner and Tsawwassen and came across this sight: I […] |
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Published at: | 9:46 AM on Monday, May 13th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | B.C. Journal, BC-Assembly |
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B.C. Journal: Liberals hold telephone town hall to connect supporters to leader Clark
Excerpt: | With less than one hundred hours to go until the polls close in British Columbia’s 2013 provincial elections, party leaders Christy Clark and Adrian Dix are keeping busy schedules. As I reported earlier today, Adrian is spending most of his Saturday in the Vancouver suburbs. He was in Coquitlam this morning for the pancake breakfast […] |
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Published at: | 6:04 PM on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections, Our Environment, Policy Topics, Series & Special Reports |
Tags: | B.C. Journal, BC-Assembly, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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The “Tim Eyman Memorial Bridge” meme: Why it got started, why it’s taken off