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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013
Group appeals library plans’ lack of cultural recognition By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
City employess work to install a pedestrian island on Northeast Fouth Street near Queen Avenue Tuesday. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
Northeast Fourth gets new crosswalk By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
A dangerous roadway is about to get a little safer for pedestrians to cross. City workers this week began installing a new median and light system on Northeast Fourth Street near Queen Avenue Northeast, near the location where two teens were hit by a car while trying to cross earlier this year.
Residents have long complained about the dangers of the roadway and the lack of adequate crossings, especially near a bus stop across the street from the Maplewood Park Apartments. A petition with 100 signatures was presented to the council in May, following the accident that sent two boys to the hospital. In response, the city is installing a new “mid-block” crosswalk, complete with a
“pedestrian refuge island” in the median and a light system to warn drivers. “We want to provide an active traffic control device in that installation,” said Chris Barnes, manager of transportation operations for the city. The new crossing lights will be installed in two phases. Barnes said ultimately the crossing will feature a “HAWK” light, a traffic [ more crosswalk page 7 ]
The citizens’ group Save the Cedar River Library…Again! has filed an appeal over the lack of cultural and historical mitigation plans as part of the environmental review on the library construction project. Last Friday, the group filed a letter appealing the City of Renton’s plans to mitigate impacts to the environment during the construction of the library over the Cedar River. A public hearing on both the site plan and the appeal is scheduled for July 30. David Keyes, Beth Asher and Nicola Robinson, members of the citizen group, filed the appeal. “We want the new library, make no mistake,” said Asher. “And we want it on the site and we want it to go forward like gangbusters. But by the same token, the library we have does have cultural and historical aspects to it.” Those aspects were ignored in the city’s state environmental protection act (SEPA) environmental review report submitted to the state, she said. “And the fact that the determination came back saying it doesn’t, kinda threw everybody,” Asher said. “We went ‘whoa.’ [ more APPEAL page 10 ]
Renton woman recognized for saving drowning victim in May A Renton woman was among those honored Tuesday at Gene Coulon park for her role in saving a drowning man earlier this year. Corrina Wells was enjoying an early Mother’s Day at Gene Coulon park with her family May 11 when she noticed two boys who were in the deeper water
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and were pretending to be drowning. The boys were OK, but their antics caused a man to dive into the water in an attempt to save the young man, shoes and all. Wells watched as one of the [ more Heroes page 8 ]
Corinna Wells poses for a photo with King County Councilman Reagan Dunn, Renton Fire Chief Mark Peterson, Sheriff John Urquhart and Mayor Denis Law. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
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