Fox Island Bridge maintenance work to require lane closures
Mar 08, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffConcrete girder repairs will result in single-lane closures with alternating traffic plus some short overnight total shutdowns.
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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.
Eastbound Highway 16 to close over two nights near Purdy on Feb. 23, Feb. 24
Feb 21, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichBoth eastbound and one westbound lane of Highway 16 will be closed near Purdy over the weekend for placement of support beams for a new bridge. The lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, to 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24; and 9 p.m. Saturday to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. The eastbound
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State DOT explains why Wednesday’s Narrows Bridge repairs were an emergency
Feb 02, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffEmergency repairs to the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge backed up traffic to I-5 on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and left commuters wondering what the heck the state Department of Transportation was thinking. The agency explained its reasoning on Thursday. “We know a lot of people were frustrated. So what happened?” WSDOT wrote in a statement in
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State grants boost Gig Harbor road projects
Dec 26, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichThe state Transportation Improvement Board awarded $1.1 million to help fund a stoplight at Wagner Way and Wollochet Drive, and is contributing $1.5 million to a shared-use path along Burnham Drive.
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Pierce Transit adding on-demand van service to Gig Harbor
Dec 14, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichThe vans will take people from point to point anywhere within the zone and tie into bus routes. Service begins on March 31.
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Peninsula School District warns parents of temporary bus route cancelations
Dec 06, 2023 | By: Christina T HenryEditor’s note: The Peninsula School District will offer excused absences and tardies to students delayed by bus route cancelations. An earlier version of this story misstated that fact. The Peninsula School District warned parents on Tuesday that as of Wednesday morning, their child’s bus route could be canceled for the day. They’d be notified by
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Highway 302 Spur bridge opening Saturday
Nov 29, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe road has been closed and a short detour in place since April for a fish passage project.
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Pierce County offers holiday shuttle connecting Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor
Nov 24, 2023 | By: Vince DicePierce County will contract with private operator Around the Sound to operate a shuttle service connecting the Key Peninsula to attractions in Gig Harbor on weekends during the 2023 holiday season. The county hopes that the temporary service will serve as a pilot program that leads to improved transit service on the Key Peninsula, according
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Pierce County program brings art to local intersections
Nov 21, 2023 | By: Marsha HartIf you’ve been stopped at a traffic light in Pierce County, you’ve likely seen some beautiful pieces of art in unlikely places. In an effort to bring art to the community and beautify the utilitarian boxes that house traffic signal wires, the Pierce County Arts Commission in 2022 began a project to wrap signal boxes
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Overnight work planned for this week on Highway 302 spur
Oct 23, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichAs part of the Purdy Creek culvert project, crews will pave the Highway 302 spur from just south of the new bridge in Purdy to where the spur meets Highway 16. The work will occur overnight next Monday through Friday, Oct. 23-27. Traffic will be directed around it. From 7 p.m. each night until 6
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