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By Barbara LaBoe With one storm behind us and extra at the way, we all know you've got questions about how and whilst we deal with and clean roadways. We've compiled a few of our most often requested questions below. As all the time our precedence is security for our employees and the traveling public. Heavy storms will imply drivers ought to anticipate to be traveling on packed snow and ice and have got to sluggish down and live alert - and believe changing journeys if possible. 1.  How can we live plugged in to forecasts? How can we verify whilst winter climate would possibly be at the way? We track and train for conditions a couple of ways. First, we contract for private, site-specific forecasts to recognize how our roadways might be affected. Our crews can attain out for extra element from the forecasters round the clock. We also work carefully with the National Weather Service equally on forecasts and methods to speak conditions to the public. Our cre...

Preparation key for everyone By Mike Allende Just as we are digging out from the snowfall within the Puget Sound area previous this week, the National Weather Service is predicting one other spherical of snow methods beginning Friday and lasting by means of no less than the weekend that may have an effect on most of our state. Our snow plows are working 24/7 throughout the state to plow and treat highways, and drivers should give them plenty of room to work. On the west side, the forecast is calling for anyplace from an inch alongside the coast to simply several inches at the southwest and northwest interior, to 3-6 inches within the Puget Sound area, to 6 inches or extra within the  mountain passes. Central and eastern Washington also are anticipated to get snow and excessive winds, with blowing and drifting snow and hard visibility a concern. These are simply projections by way of way of the NWS at this point, but it is higher to be secure than sorry. Our crew...

By Chris Foster Since our tutorial crusade for the brand new SR 99 tunnel in Seattle launched, we’ve acquired much of questions. The media have prominently featured the viaduct closure and the tunnel opening, so why did we want to spend funds on billboards, commercials, and assorted types of paid media? This crusade is educating of us how their commute will swap with the tunnel and giving all of them the instruments to read extra about their commute on-line at 99tunnel.com. One of the huge modifications drivers will ought to alter to is the brand new route of the tunnel. There are not any longer any mid-town entrances or exits like there had been at the Alaskan Way Viaduct. In overdue 2017, we surveyed approximately 1,000 drivers within the Seattle-area who reside in zip codes serviced by the SR 99 corridor. The survey confirmed that in simple terms 30 percentage of respondents knew there could be no entrances and no exits to downtown within the tunnel and they could want to ...

By Barbara Laboe The 24-hour countdown to the SR 99 Tunnel Grand Opening has begun! Whether you are heading out for the thrill run, planning to bid adieu to the viaduct or simply observe from home, right the following are a few methods to reside advised about all the occasions Saturday and Sunday. Still planning methods on methods on methods on a way to get to the event? Check out this useful website. More occasion ideas are on hand in our 5 issues to recognise earlier than you cross weblog and typical questions in regards to the event. Stay informed We'll be posting in regards to the occasion during the day, as properly as updates about site guests and any different developments. If you are on-site, it is a possibility to reside informed; in case you happen to cannot make the occasion you possibly can comply with alongside online. Here are bills to follow: General occasion details: @wsdot on Twitter and on our Facebook page Tunnel and viaduct genuine questions: @Ber...