A press release from Office of Rep. Marilyn Strickland. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, released the following statement after voting to advance the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s portion of the Build Back Better Act. The legislation invests nearly $60 billion to make America’s infrastructure more […]
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The INVEST in America Act Passed the House Today and Included $20M for Local Projects in WA-10, Strickland’s Housing Bill, and Several Key Priorities
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, secured key investments for the South Sound in a transformational infrastructure package the House passed today. The package includes $20 million in funding for local transportation projects, Strickland and Rep. Peters’ bill, H.R.2483, the bipartisan […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator May 14 Report to Council
Upcoming Meetings: Council Meeting – May 18, 2021, at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84516344123 Planning Commission – June 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84392261519 Civil Service Commission – May 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86430542756 Preservation and Review Board – May 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84705609211 (*) Meetings […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator April 2 Report to Council
Upcoming Meetings: Council Meeting – April 6, 2021, at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81640272868 Planning Commission – April 12, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89210104986 Civil Service Commission – May 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81990232886 Preservation and Review Board – April 28, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Zoom Invite: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87873435137 (*) Meetings […]
Letter: No Amtrak trains until all safety steps are taken
That’s the position of the Lakewood City Council in a resolution (pp.305-318) supporting the safety recommendations approved by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on May 21, 2019. Noble, but inadequate. Even with the replacement “as soon as possible” of current passenger conveyances with more substantially built rail cars, somehow the recommendation to “secure potential […]
Letter: The trains – and their representatives – are coming
The board of the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) has received a request from the design-build contractor for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to update this community concerning I-5 construction as it relates to the two interchanges for Tillicum. There are two parts to this presentation scheduled for May 2, 6:30 P.M. at […]
Westside Story – Sidewalk Hazards
NOTE: My first draft of this article which has to do with bicycles, sidewalks, and personal safety, was written on September 3, 2018. Before my article was submitted for publication, an article having to do with the related subjects of sidewalks, and personal safety was published in The News Tribune and The Suburban Times around […]
Westside Story – On The Wrong Track
Recently I have seen a ton of articles in our local papers including The Suburban Times talking about the advantages and disadvantages of trains racing through our Lakewood neighborhoods at close to 80 miles per hour. The last article I am aware of was published in The Suburban Times on Friday, September 21, 2018. The […]
Home from Home: History
Submitted by Susanne Bacon A little while ago, I had a wonderful reading event at a yarn store near Lakewood Town Center. I was reading a chapter from one of my novels to a group of lovely, witty, and very sophisticated listeners. That chapter contained the story of one of my novel characters, including a […]