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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013
Vol. CXXIV, No. 20
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Campbell, Boe to lead City Council's Economic Development Committee More Tacoma-built SR-520 pontoons head to Seattle this week Posted online Mon., Jan. 28 Photos Courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation Washington State Department of Transportation crews began float-out of the second cycle of six supplemental pontoons for the new State Route 520 floating bridge. This float-out follows six months of construction at the Concrete Tech Corporation site, wrapping up the second of six pontoon construction cycles in Tacoma. Crews completed 12 of 44 pontoons to be built in Tacoma and towed from Commencement Bay to Lake Washington. The pontoons built in Tacoma, known as supplemental pontoons, will provide stability and flotation when attached to longer longitudinal pontoons built in Aberdeen. The supplemental pontoons each weigh 2,500 to 2,820 tons and measure 100 feet long, 50 to 60 feet wide and about 28 feet tall. Two of the pontoons from the latest cycle will be towed to Lake Washington this week and four will remain in Tacoma until additional longitudinal pon-
toons arrive on the lake. During the course of bridge construction, 44 Tacoma pontoons will be joined with 33 pontoons built in Aberdeen for a total of 77 pontoons needed to construct the world's longest floating bridge. "Tacomans love bridges, and we've helped build the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the Hood Canal Bridge and now SR-520," said Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland (above center), who joined U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor), Washington State Department of Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond (above right), Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy (above left), and Port of Tacoma Commissioner Connie Bacon. "We're proud to be part of the team that is building a floating bridge that will serve the Puget Sound region for generations to come and is the longest in the world, to boot!"
Posted online Mon., Jan. 28 File Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor Tacoma Deputy Mayor Marty Campbell (above left) and Tacoma City Councilmember David Boe (above right) have been appointed to serve as chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of Tacoma City Council’s Economic Development Committee. Deputy Mayor Campbell was elected to city council in 2009 and represents District 4, which largely covers the city’s east side. Prior to being elected, Campbell served in a leadership role for several community organizations, including the Cross District Association, New Tacoma Neighborhood Council, The Grand Cinema, First Creek Neighbors, Dometop Neighborhood Alliance, TEAM, Downtown Merchant’s Group, City Club of Tacoma. He was also the owner of Buzzard’s Discs and Stadium Video. Councilmember Boe owns and operates BOE Architects, PLLC, located in downtown Tacoma. Before being elected to Tacoma City Council in 2011, he served on Tacoma’s Planning Commission and the Tacoma Arts Commission. The economic development committee reviews, evaluates and proposes economic development concepts, initiatives and policies that affect Tacoma’s business climate, neighborhood business districts, downtown and the waterfront, regional issues and opportunities, tourism, historic preservation, capital projects planning, development, and other related topics. Other committee members include councilmembers Lauren Walker and Ryan Mello. Committee members serve one-year terms and meet at 10 a.m. on the second, fourth and fifth Tuesdays of the month in the Tacoma Municipal Building, located 747 Market St., Room 248. More information about the 2013 Economic Development Committee is available online at cityoftacoma.org.