Story and photo by Doug Petrowski Construction crews will be repaving 55th Avenue West from 236th Street Southwest north to 230th Street Southwest Friday, May 4 and Monday, May 7, and again on May 18 and 21. Drivers can expect delays and are advised to consider an alternate route. The construction work on 55th Avenue [...]
The State of Washington’s recently approved construction budget features an item that “will go quite a long way toward helping rebuild a significant piece of the Brier infrastructure,” according to state Rep. Derek Stanford. Stanford worked during this past legislative session to win support for an $800,000 appropriation in the supplemental 2011-2013 capital budget to [...]
Story and photo by Doug Petrowski Construction work will close two of the most- traveled arterials in Mountlake Terrace at times this week sending drivers on lengthy detours. Beginning Monday, April 23, all four lanes of 44th Avenue West just south of 212th Street Southwest will be closed to traffic. The closure is expected to [...]
By Doug Petrowski Construction of the Arbor Village development at the southeast corner of 56th Avenue West and 236th Street Southwest is on schedule for its August 2013 completion, reported Afco & Sons property development and management company. The five-story,10,000-square-foot project will include two levels of underground parking and ground-level commercial space, with four stories [...]
Mountlake Terrace drivers have been advised to watch for four street and utility projects that might hinder traffic around the city over the next few months. Work began last week on a resurfacing and reconfiguration of 212th Street Southwest between 44th and 52nd Avenues West. The project, a joint effort between the cities of Mountlake [...]
Premera Blue Cross, the City of Mountlake Terrace’s largest employer, recently purchased the Lloyd Control building property in order to expand their parking. The building was recently demolished and the site will be repaved to add additional parking for 225 vehicles. Thanks to David Carlos for sending in these photos.
Repairs and improvements to a single-family home in Mountlake Terrace was the subject of an intensive one-day project last Saturday, April 9, undertaken by fifty Safeway volunteers as part of the “Rebuilding Together Nation” program. In an effort to help others live independently in warmth and safety, Rebuilding Together Seattle focuses on providing low-income homes [...]
The installation of a new traffic signal at 44th Avenue W and 214th Street SW was complete last month. I’ve heard many comments from residents that they are happy to finally have a signal at this much needed location. Although the new signal is similar in many ways to the other traffic signals in the [...]
