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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015
New transportation plan to bring relief to motorists BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
As of today, motorists trying to get through Auburn to the Muckleshoot Casino, the White River Amphitheatre, the city of Enumclaw, Mount Rainier or
other destinations to the east must often fight their way through horribly crowded Auburn streets. During the busiest hours of the day, automobile agglutination makes that a flat-out pain. But the new transportation package that passed out of the
state Legislature on Tuesday offers good news for beleaguered Auburnites. That is, $15 million for a new Highway 18 off-ramp to bypass the aforementioned mess before joining Highway 164 past the casino, and the completion of State
Route 167, which is part of the $1.5 billion Puget Sound Gateway Project. As the largest transportation project in the state, the Gateway project plans calls for the completion of not only of 167 but also SR 509.
Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw (31st District), has championed both projects for years, and was in a celebratory mood Tuesday. He noted that lawmakers of both parties wrote and [ more PLAN page 7 ]
Design team on downtown: ‘You have a lot going on that is really right’
Suspect arrested in shooting deaths at park
BY ROBERT WHALE
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Auburn’s leaders recently summoned to City Hall their three-member Main Street Urban Design Project team to hear what it has been up to lately. That is, what have they learned in meetings, what has their research revealed, what are some of their design ideas, and what have Auburn residents had to say in all the interviews about their city’s present and future. And the team responded with optimism. “You have a suite of assets that really positions you for an amazing future,” said Brice Maryman, project manager and a landscape architect with SVR Design. “A lot of communities are really hungering for exactly these types of things.” Things such as: Auburn’s proximity to Interstate 5, State Route 167 and Highway 18, a positioning, Maryman said, that nets the city, “300,000 400,000 eyeballs going right [ more AUBURN page 7 ]
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Auburn Police have arrested a suspect and recovered a weapon in the shooting death investigation of two victims at Les Gove Park. The suspect, a 39-yearold man, has ties to Auburn and the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho area, where the victims also are believed to have been from, police said. The man and woman who were shot to death late Sunday at the popular park were considered transient, had ties to the Coeur d’Alene area and were in Auburn to work
at a Muckleshoot fireworks stand through July 4, police determined. The 32-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were shot and killed at the park on Ninth Street Southeast near Auburn Way South around 9:29 p.m. The victims’ names have not been released. Police and the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to a report of multiple gunshot victims at the park. Firefighters and King County Medic One provided life-saving [ more SHOOTING page 4 ]
Pacific Days packs parade, pageant REPORTER STAFF
RAUCOUS REUNION
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Legendary frontman ‘Diamond’ David Lee Roth and Van Halen lit up the White River Amphitheater last Sunday evening, opening the reunited hard-rock band’s first North American tour since 2012. The band played classic hits from its past and introduced some new music to thousands jammed into the Auburn venue. More photos, page 11. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter
Dog Days of Summer this Sunday! Sunday market through Sept. 27 | 10 am-3pm Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A Street SW www.auburnfarmersmarket.org | 253-266-2726
Pacific Days celebration returns this weekend, kicking off with the kids’ parade on Friday and ending with the Pooch Pageant on Sunday. Festivities at Pacific City Park, 600 Third Ave. SE, get under way at 4 p.m. Friday. A kids’ parade, featuring decorated bicycles, begins at 6 p.m. It will wind its way from the Pacific-Algona Senior Center, at 100 Third Ave. SE, to the park. [ more PACIFIC page 3 ]
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