Transportation

From tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to improvements to roads causing traffic jams, Gig Harbor Now reporters stay on top of issues that affect getting where you’re going.

Pierce Transit restoring partial trolley service beginning July 1

Jun 01, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

The agency continues to battle a driver shortage, but progressed enough from last year to bring back trolleys on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Wollochet road improvements among projects receiving state funds

Apr 25, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

State budgets also included money for PenMet’s community recreation center and restoration of Whiteman Cove on Key Peninsula.

Highway 16 crashes paralyze Gig Harbor streets

Mar 29, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

A collision last week not only shut down the highway but clogged side roads. Though the wreck was more severe than usual, it’s not unusual for repercussions to extend into Gig Harbor.

State Patrol asks for help in ID’ing people involved in Highway 16 crash

Mar 23, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Washington State Patrol detectives are asking for help in identifying a man who fled the scene of a collision Wednesday, March 22, on Highway 16 near Highway 302 — or his girlfriend. The collision closed Highway 16 from about 1 p.m. until about 7 p.m. Wednesday. A 73-year-old Gig Harbor woman suffered serious injuries, according

Traffic is being detoured off Highway 16 onto Highway 302 and through Purdy.

Westbound Highway 16 closed while police search for crash suspect

Mar 22, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

A wrong-way driver hit a car head-on near the Pierce-Kitsap county line and fled into the woods.

Purdy highway work will impact parking at Peninsula High

Feb 22, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

After being held up by winter and supply chain issues, work is expected to begin in March on replacing a fish-blocking culvert under the Highway 302 spur in Purdy. During the work, the 302 spur will be closed around the clock for up to eight months while crews remove the old culvert and replace it

Rotary transforming Wollochet onramp area from field to forest

Feb 02, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

Club members and helpers will plant trees and shrubs Saturday in a 3-acre field circled by the Wollochet Drive onramp to westbound Highway 16.

State to resume collecting late fees for unpaid Narrows Bridge tolls

Dec 21, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Late fees and civil penalties were suspended in July 2021 while a new Good To Go! system was installed. They’ll return on March 1. They can be avoided by paying tardy tolls before then.

How Gig Harbor prioritizes its snow removal efforts

Dec 02, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Winter came early this year, with snow and freezing temperatures arriving just days after Thanksgiving. More snow could fall this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The city of Gig Harbor Public Works Department has been busy for days, keeping streets clear and safe. When it snows or gets icy, the public works staff

Fox Island group a model for disaster preparedness

Nov 17, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

There’s nothing like living on an island with a 68-year-old bridge to make you think, “What’s going to happen when The Big One hits?” Jim Braden and Doug Nelson have thought about this a lot. They and other members of the Fox Island Community and Recreation Association Emergency Response Organization have worked tirelessly to ensure the

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