Photo by Ty Swenson
Hicklin Lake is part of Lakewood Park in White Center. Dick Thurnau (inset) is shown displaying a murky sample from the lake in 2011.

Friends of Hicklin Lake hoping to land water cleanup grant

Feb 22, 2012 updated 3 hours ago

Friends of Hicklin Lake (of Lakewood Park in White Center) are angling towards a grant from the Puget Soundkeepers Alliance to help cleanup the body of water beset with pollution. For background, check out the Herald article, "Hello Hicklin Lake: Hicks Lake in White Center gets its old name back"

Friends of Hicklin Lake
February 28, 2012
7-8:30 PM
North Highline Fire District
1243 SW 112th Street
Seattle WA 98146

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Stay away from Seal Pups! A resting pup in Lincoln Park attracts the curious

A Seal pup was observed, just adjacent to Point Williams near Colman Pool this afternoon, Feb. 22 and it attracted the attention of the curious, even though it was hard to see, the view obscured by some driftwood.

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No more nighttime Fauntleroy Expressway closures

Feb 22, 2012 updated 5 hours ago

press release:
The contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation on the Fauntleroy Expressway, the raised roadway at the west end of the West Seattle Bridge, completed nighttime work on Tuesday, February 22. No further closures of the raised roadway are expected for this project.

The contractor has been strengthening the structure to make it more likely to withstand the force of a major earthquake. Upgrades to the structure have included strengthening the columns with steel jackets, strengthening the pile caps, adding additional longitudinal restrainers and replacing the bearing pads. The latter work item is what required the nighttime closures.

The work remaining consists primarily of the installation, grouting and painting of the steel jackets around the columns. Short-term lane restrictions will continue for both east and westbound traffic on surface Southwest Spokane Street for this work. The project is expected to be completed by this spring.

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