Washington State Department of Transportation

But Ferd Turgison and Gary Locke and whoever was our interim governor, I mean, he pushed Boeing out of Washington, and these are all jobs that should be in Washington.

And then, uh, you were just talking about Washington Dot, which was, they want to support that flight rail, which is [upbeat music] stupid.

It's very stupid, and they're gonna raise taxes and drive all the companies out of the state of Oregon and the state of Washington, and you're absolutely right about that.

You're listening to the Lars Larson Show.

Here is Dow Constantine on September 3rd during a Sound Transit meeting acknowledging the dead fish.

August 3rd, we were alerted by our partners at the Washington State Department of Transportation to some number of deceased fish in the vicinity of the I-90 floating bridge, and we responded immediately by deploying teams of divers and engaging fish biologists and engineers.

That work identified a potential connection or correlation between fish mortality and localized portions of the bridge's cathodic protection system, specifically toward the ends of the bridges where the strings of anodes were clustered, actually resting on the lake bed in shallow water.

And so we've implemented an interim solution, which was completed just 20 days later on August 23rd, lifting those strings off the lake bed and suspending them.

And he acts as if, oh, we're electrocuting perch and bass and no big deal.

But again, hone in on what he says about the timeline of when they found out about it and when they did something about it.

August 3rd, we were alerted by our partners at the Washington State Department of Transportation to some number of deceased fish in the vicinity of the I-90 floating bridge.

And we responded immediately by deploying teams of divers.

A stretch of I-405 will shut down again this weekend.

WSDOT says all southbound lanes between Coal Creek Parkway and Bellevue to North 30th Street in Renton will shut down at 1130 tonight and won't reopen until early Monday morning.

Crews are working on a project to widen the freeway and add toll lanes.

Next week on Seattle Now, typically people might wait a few weeks before getting their seasonal flu shot.

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Oh, yeah, it was the Washington Department of Transportation.

I go, Ben Brady is perfect for this job, and I've been shooting with him for years.

He's the DP.

States that have implemented structures like wildlife overpasses also see their investment come back in spades, with these crossings reducing crashes by 90%.

The Washington State Department of Transportation recently announced that there have been officially 10,000 recorded crossings along the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass overpass since it first opened.

Want a success story? In July, we recorded the 10,000th successful crossing on our I-90 Snoqualmie Pass wildlife overcrossing.

Washington State Department of Transportation shared in a social media post, Between that over-crossing and our 11 under-crossings on Snoqualmie Pass, we've seen nearly 40,000 crossings since 2014.

This structure has helped restore the ecological integrity of the North and South Cascades by reducing wildlife vehicle collisions, reconnecting habitat, and allowing herds and solitary travelers alike to move safely through one of Washington's most important wildlife corridors, the group shared on social media earlier this month.

These crossings now serve as a national model for how transportation and conservation goals can align to restore ecological function across major highways.