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67th Ave. construction set to wrap up May 16 BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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ARLINGTON — Unless unexpected heavy rains last for a week, city of Arlington Public Works Director Jim Kelly is ready to declare that the 67th Avenue final phase project will be complete within the coming week. “Friday, May 16, is the day it will be done,” Kelly said. “After that, we’ll have minor incidental installations, but the real work will be over.” “We’ll still have street amenities to put in, like benches, but we need to select locations where they’re most likely to be used,” said Bill Blake, who serves as the city’s project liaison. “We’re not going to have flaggers on the road or anything like that.” Among the more recent milestones that Kelly cited were the final pavings of Centennial Trail and the roadway itself in April, while May has been devoted to the installations of traffic lights, the raising of manholes and the applications of street markings, such as turn arrows and crosswalks. Sarah Arney, of the Snohomish County Trail Coalition Board of Directors, reportSEE 67TH, PAGE 2
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Equipment operator Marshal Rommel evens out the gravel on one of the driveways connecting 67th Avenue to Taylor Industrial Park on May 7.
Manufacturing Industrial Center makes progress in County Council
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Snohomish County Council member Ken Klein speaks out in favor of the proposed ordinance to designate 4,091 acres of properties between the cities of Arlington and Marysville as a Manufacturing Industrial Center.
EVERETT — The cities of Arlington and Marysville made a significant step in the progress of their work to designate 4,091 acres of industrial and highway commercial properties between them as a Manufacturing Industrial Center with the help of the Snohomish County Council on Tuesday, May 6. The Planning and Community Development
Committee of the County Council met that morning to approve a public hearing on the subject for Wednesday, June 4, at 10:30 a.m., after which the Council itself is slated to vote on the ordinance introduced by County Council member Ken Klein, which would amend countywide planing policies to identify the ArlingtonMarysville Manufacturing Industrial Center as a candidate for designation by the Puget Sound Regional Council.
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“That would put the county’s stamp of approval on it, which is a crucial step,” Klein said. “The cities can love this idea all day long, but without the county’s approval, it can’t be brought up before the Puget Sound Regional Council.” Klein, a former Arlington City Council member, was credited by representatives of both the cities of Arlington and Marysville with being an outSEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2
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