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Minor debris falls on crowd during fireworks show Officials call first land-based show ‘very successful,’ ask for feedback from public By Brian Beckley
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City officials are calling the fireworks show at Renton’s Fabulous Fourth was “very successful” but admit there will be a few things to look at for next year, including some smoke and debris that blew on shore during the show. According to Community Relations and Events Coordinator Sonja Mejlaender, the city learned “lots” from its first land-launched fireworks show but was ultimately pleased with the results. “We felt the show was more saturated and very impressive,” she said Friday. Fireworks explode over This year, due to changes in regulations, the city was forced Coulon Park Gary Palmer, For the to launch its annual display from Renton Reporter the water walk instead of a barge. That meant the fireworks were only 300 feet out, instead of [ more Fourth page 4 ]
The 22nd annual Return to Renton Car Show Sunday was the largest ever, with 485 entrants and almost 5,000 visitors of all ages streaming into downtown Renton for the event. Right, Landyn Shankar, 5, and his dad Beema Shankar check out a 1968 GMC transit bus, painted to resemble the Seattle Transit System’s colors from the era. Above, Jason Griggs helps Penelope Griggs, 3, get a closer look at the interior of a 1954 Buick Century convertible. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter MORE PHOTOS online… rentonreporter.com
Legislative budget includes $1.1 million for new bridge The bridge at Riverview Park will be replaced in the next few years, thanks to a line item in the state budget. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
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The new state budget may have been a long time coming, but for the city of Renton, it was well worth the wait. Included in the 2013-2014 legislative budget is a $1.1 million line item that means the replacement of the old bridge at Riverview Park.
The bridge, a 12-foot-wide, 120-foot span over the Cedar River along the Maple Valley Highway, was built in the 1990s and connects the parking lot on the north side of the river to the 11-acre park and trail system on the south side. But the old bridge is supported by piles sunk into the river, as well as concrete abutments, which
makes it vulnerable to debris that routinely come down the river during high-water flood and seasonal melting events. “It would get caught on that bridge,” said Renton Parks Planning and natural Resources Director Leslie Betlach. And in recent years, the number and size of floods rushing [ more Bridge page 13 ]
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