County Council Oks Eastside trail deal - Seattle Post Intelligencer

May 5th, 2008
County Council Oks Eastside trail deal Seattle Post Intelligencer - 12 hours ago Sound Transit and a regional planning agency intend to conduct a $300000 study of the corridor and its transit potential. The corridor proposal has gone ...

Public input sought on plan for Eastside rail, trail

April 25th, 2008
The Metropolitan King County Council will take public testimony Monday on a pending deal with the Port of Seattle and BNSF Railway for construction...

Port Closes in on Rail Line Purchase

January 8th, 2008
The Port of Seattle says it hopes to reach an agreement to buy Burlington Northern's Eastside rail corridor by the end of this month. Whether the purchase includes the rails themselves is still being negotiated, but port officials say the public WILL have a voice in how the corridor is used. KUOW's Amy Radil reports.

King County Land Deal Under the Microscope

January 4th, 2008
I haven't had time to digest this story about a controversial land deal in King County. I'm sure others have and have things to say. Go for it....

Gregoire: ‘Watch me’ tear down the viaduct

January 3rd, 2008
Gov. Chris Gregoire say she'll tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct in 2012, even without Seattle's approval. She says it's time to figure out what to do about the earthquake-damaged structure.

SeaTac's Julia Patterson picked to chair King County Council - Highline Times

December 24th, 2007
SeaTac's Julia Patterson picked to chair King County Council Highline Times, WA - Dec 24, 2007
In her two terms on the county council, Patterson has served on numerous regional bodies, including Sound Transit and the Puget Sound Regional Council, ...

Do Planners Really Want Public Involvement?

December 20th, 2007
It is late and I am tired and I don’t have time or ideas for a lengthy post, so I am just going to vent over one of my pet peeves: how planners say they want public involvement and then through obstacles in the way of members of the public who want to get involved. Today [...]