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Group advises 3+/2+ hybrid option for future I-405 HOT lanes By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
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Workers from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife work Wednesday to remove the weir placed in the Cedar River behind the Renton Community Center. A weir is a fish trap designed to catch some of the salmon swimming upstream to spawn. Those caught in the trap, which is placed every September and removed in November when the salmon run ends, are taken to a hatchery in Landsburg, 21 miles up river. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
After their final meeting on the matter, the Interstate 405 Executive Advisory Group is recommending an option that would keep I405’s planned HOT lanes open for two-person carpools during off-peak hours, but would switch to three-plus during busy times. The group’s recommendations will help determine the future of the 40-mile long express toll lane system, encompassing I-405 express toll lanes and state Route 167 HOT lanes. An HOT lane is a multiple-occupancy lane that is open to single-car drivers for a price, like the lanes on SR167. The Washington State Department of Transportation has plans to install at least one of the lanes on I-405, but the state law states that HOT lanes must be designed to maintain a minimum speed of 45 mph 90 percent of the time and that tolls must pay for their operation. Because of that, discussions over how to deal with the lanes have gotten complicated, with several advisory members, including Renton representative and City Council President [ more tolling page 11 ]
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aden Gamble’s eyes light up when he talks about his school, Northwest School for Hearing-Impaired Children in Shoreline. “I like going to school because it’s really fun,” he said. “I like my teacher and my friends.” Gamble, 4, of Renton is learning to speak using a specialized hearing device as well as specific instruction from teachers at the school. Born deaf, Gamble’s parents contemplated where to send their
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son to school. “As parents, we dreamt of our son going to the best school and getting a great education,” said Manika Tapscott, Gamble’s mother. “We were excited to hear about this school because it puts him with others that are going through the same things as him. Also, we were impressed with the curriculum.” From its beginning in 1982, the school’s curriculum has been based on the textbook, “Teaching the Hearing-Impaired Through Total Communica- A teacher at the Northwest School For Hearing-Impaired children signs instructions on an tion,” authored by the school’s co-founders Karen [ more School page 8] assignment to a student during class. sArah kehoe, Renton Reporter
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