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The second phase of a project that is making improvements to just over five miles of State Route 17 (SR-17) in Moses Lake began today (Wednesday, May 8).
The project's first leg focused on upgrading pedestrian safety, with the installation of new curb ramps, signals, and push-button crosswalk detection systems...
The utility is getting permits to build a public road through to the site that'll provide a link from 5th Street to the parking lot behind the Coast Hotel and Columbia Street.
A much-traveled U.S. Forest Service road in Chelan County will soon reopen for the spring season.
Eightmile Road provides visitors with access to several trailheads in the popular Enchanments area near Leavenworth.
It will remain closed until at least the end of the month while crews conduct necessary maintenance...