From tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to improvements to roads causing traffic jams, Gig Harbor Now reporters stay on top of issues that affect getting where you’re going.
Drivers who use Soundview Drive, Olympic Drive or Hollycroft Street will see disruptions this summer as the city of Gig Harbor replaces more than a mile of water main. The Gig Harbor City Council on Monday unanimously approved four contracts that will fix water main problems in the area. The projects include replacing an existing
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Two westbound lanes of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge will remain closed through at least Thursday for emergency repairs, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. WSDOT closed the two lanes Monday afternoon after crews found a problem with an expansion joint. Traffic backups stretched well into Tacoma during the afternoon commute Tuesday. WSDOT crews
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The Washington State Department of Transportation is warning that around-the-clock closure of some westbound lanes of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge could be “in place multiple days.” The department announced the need to close the two right lanes on the westbound (toward Gig Harbor) bridge on Monday afternoon for emergency repairs. Crews need to repair an
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Drivers leaving and entering Purdy will be detoured via the Highway 16-Burnham Drive interchange for a couple weeks. The work will occur at night.
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Runner van service costs the same as the bus and is limited to destinations within the Gig Harbor city limits.
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Three of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.
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Many people living near the junction of 56th Street NW and 38th Avenue NW, at the western edge of Gig Harbor city limits, have been there long enough to remember when it was a country crossroads. Traffic at this spot is not bad now. But when city officials look at the intersection in light of
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Concrete girder repairs will result in single-lane closures with alternating traffic plus some short overnight total shutdowns.
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Both eastbound and one westbound lane of Highway 16 will be closed near Purdy over the weekend for placement of support beams for a new bridge. The lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, to 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24; and 9 p.m. Saturday to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. The eastbound
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Emergency repairs to the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge backed up traffic to I-5 on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and left commuters wondering what the heck the state Department of Transportation was thinking. The agency explained its reasoning on Thursday. “We know a lot of people were frustrated. So what happened?” WSDOT wrote in a statement in
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