An Edmonds man’s death in a 2009 traffic crash may be linked to another driver’s decision to stick behind the wheel despite a long history of epilepsy and collisions, according to allegations by the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office reported in the Daily Herald Wednesday. My Edmonds News reported on the original accident here. According to the Herald [...]
Sound Transit is breaking ground for the permanent Edmonds Sounder commuter train station Wednesday, and you are invited to attend. A new train platform on the east side of the tracks will include a larger passenger loading area and new transit shelters. A new transit center at the north end of the station for Community [...]
Here’s a reminder from Sound Transit: On Tuesday, Aug. 17, the commuter parking lot south of the Amtrak Depot at the Edmonds Sounder Train Station will be closed for construction until further notice. When the south lot closes, commuter parking will be available in the temporary parking lot north of the Amtrak Depot and south [...]
Sound Transit reports that construction is ready to begin on the permanent Sounder commuter rail station in Edmonds. Pellco Construction Inc. has been selected as the contractor for the project and Harris & Associates will provide construction management services. Construction is expected to start in mid-August and will be completed in spring 2011. Sounder service [...]
Edmonds commuters who find themselves traveling southbound I-5 in Lynnwood can look forward to smoother and safer trips by fall 2011. Crews will build new on- and off-ramps to help eliminate lane-weaving and reduce congestion-related collisions on busy southbound I-5 between I-405 and 196th Street Southwest. “The new ramps will separate traffic entering the freeway [...]
Washington State Ferries canceled a sailing from Edmonds Wednesday after a car leaving the ferry Puyallup grazed a ferry worker, My Edmonds News online news partner The Seattle Times has reported. According to ferry security, the worker received minor injuries when the car struck him. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation, the Times [...]
The Associated Press reported Sunday that passenger trains are running again on a stretch of railroad tracks north of Seattle that was closed because of a mudslide. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said Sunday that the commuter train service resumed at 6:15 a.m. Passenger trains had been blocked for 48 hours as a [...]
Sound Transit reports that Northline Sounder and Amtrak RailPlus service between Seattle and Everett will not be available on Friday afternoon, March 12, due to a mudslide just south of Edmonds. Here is the afternoon back-up bus service for Friday afternoon, northbound: – Seattle-Everett: Four Starline charter buses will depart the 4th and Jackson at approximately [...]
Washington State Department of Transportation staff will update the Edmonds City Council Tuesday night on a project to build a pedestrian bridge aimed at providing a safe walking route for those going to and from the Edmonds Ferry Terminal Building. The council meeting starts an hour earlier than usual – at 6 p.m. – in the council chambers [...]
Edmonds police blocked off Highway 99 north and southbound between 236th and 238th Streets while they investigated a car-pedestrian collision that occurred Sunday evening. According to Sgt. Don Anderson, the victim “has serious injuries but is alive.” Leslie Hynes, spokesperson for Snohomish County Fire District No. 1, said that firefighters were dispatched to the scene [...]
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