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WSDOT shows some options for Portage Bay bridge design

By JOURNAL STAFF

The Washington State Department of Transportation has unveiled three new design concepts for the Portage Bay bridge replacement.

Damage found in 520 bridge pontoon

Damage has been found in one of the large pontoons that are being built at Aberdeen for the new Highway 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington at Seattle.

New emergency plans for nuclear plants don't include lessons from Fukushima

By JEFF DONN

U.S. communities will now periodically run emergency scenarios without practicing for any significant release of radiation.


Portland must cover five open reservoirs

State officials have denied a request by the city of Portland to delay a deadline for replacing five uncovered reservoirs that store treated drinking water.


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Green Building Blog: Roof going on at Bullitt Center
Skylights are being framed into the roof, and the president of Bulgaria is stopping by for a tour.


SeattleScape:
Council may right-size parking requirements
A code update would give developers more flexibility over how much parking to build at sites well-served by transit.

May 18, 2012
State: 25 communities running out of water
$10M runway fix for Skagit airport
Alaska airport move could cost $45M
Chihuly Garden opens May 21
State OKs $4M for Issaquah fish bypass
Guilty plea in $30M Corps fraud scheme
520 bridge design talk set for Saturday
Cleanup money flowing into Idaho's Silver Valley
Alaska to redo trail project

May 17, 2012
WSDOT to replace I-90 snowshed with bridges over avalanche zone
Everett landlord hit with $22K fine
Viaduct to close for more fiber wrapping
Refinery to restart at Cherry Point

May 16, 2012
13 landscape architecture projects win awards
Tunneling Brenda reaches downtown
No I-90 snowshed; 2 bridges instead
Divers plug leak from sunken ship
Reroute of Highway 12 runs into bee problem
Alaska mine permit prep expected to cost $107M
North Dakota second in U.S. oil production

May 15, 2012
New way to put solar film onto building rainscreens
Site work needed at Hanford Reach
Oregon may offer choices for paying road user fees
Offshore wind farm on Atlantic moving ahead
Solar funding raises hopes for money and power in Indian Country
Shellfish firm stops harvest after boat fire
State wants to buy ranch near Richland
Nuclear engineers gather in Utah to talk about safety
Spike in gas prices tied to refineries
Join the Sustainable Tacoma Commission
Can Capitol Hill become an ecodistrict?
New SLR office in West Virginia
Meet Idaho's DEQ director May 24
Imagine Tomorrow this weekend at WSU
ULI hires green building expert
Hunter Lovins lectures here Thursday
4 NW students named 'hydro fellows'

May 14, 2012
His dream coming true: A year alone on an island in Alaska, ‘me and my dog'
Nuclear plant will buy $711M in fuel
Volcano observatory here watches more than NW
Dike removal for Stillaguamish River

May 11, 2012
NW wood products businesses hiring as optimism slowly grows
PSRC has $2.3M for transit projects
Oil boom resurrects North Dakota ghost town
Alaska sewage plant to get $18M repair

May 10, 2012
Toxics from everyday life reaching Columbia River
$6M plan to remove Green River sandbags
$8.8M for airport EV charging stations
Talks lead to smaller plan for Pebble Beach
Contractors donate Magnuson Park picnic shelter
Japan providing $12.5B to nuclear plant operator

May 9, 2012
Changing climate tough on Idaho water managers
Utility expands Walla Walla space
Seattle Center ideas presentation Friday
$6M for Redmond wildlife overpass
Ban on exotic hogs creates odd alliances
Is this the last stop for Kalakala ferry?
Bremerton coal site added to Superfund
Feds: Pipeline companies must keep safety records
Astoria hopes to dodge Superfund
Old county jail could be new Union Gap City Hall
Coeur d'Alene Tribe may buy land surrounding historic mission

May 8, 2012
WSDOT looks at ways to protect bees from traffic
Mount Vernon gets $1.85M for downtown flood control
B.C. day care designed to be living building
Salem finds a site for third Willamette bridge
Seattle to try fewer garbage pickups
Volcano reopens visitor center
Cleanup of Kimberly-Clark mill site is still years away
Farm fined $90K for illegal dumping
Tribe starts logging to fight beetles
Region has 50-year supply of water
Alaska looking to rent dozers for fire fighting
Brownfields conference in Spokane
McGinn names climate commission
Webinars on new hazard report rules
Gorge group wants to find consensus
Oregon brownfields event June 13-14
DNR burn ban: July 1 to Sept. 30
Volunteer for Sound Transit oversight
$10M coming to 20 timber counties

May 7, 2012
Machias Elementary School
Big concrete convention opens today in Seattle
Oregon cuts contractor from Highway 20 project
TransCanada reapplies for XL pipeline
Highway passes to open soon
Wild Olympics proposal modified

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SeattleScape:
Council may right-size parking requirements
A code update would give developers more flexibility over how much parking to build at sites well-served by transit.

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