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    <title>WSDOT - February</title>
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      <title>Construction starts on the new SR 410 near 2009 landslide</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Ever since a massive landslide took out a quarter-mile stretch of State Route 410 in 2009, drivers have relied on a swiftly built emergency route that won the Washington State Department of Transportation national recognition. This month marks the start of preliminary construction on a permanent fix that will reroute the highway away from the rural community and begin carrying traffic by this fall.</description>
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      <title>Replacement Keller Ferry vessel needs a name</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Replacement Keller Ferry vessel needs a name
WSDOT accepting suggestions online</description>
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      <title>Long-term lane closure coming to southbound SR 99/Aurora Avenue North</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Drivers face increased congestion for the next six weeks on southbound State Route 99/Aurora Avenue North approaching downtown Seattle. Anticipated backups begin March 6 when crews building the SR 99 tunnel narrow southbound Aurora from three lanes to two between Republican and John streets, just north of the Battery Street Tunnel.</description>
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      <title>Procession honoring fallen WSP Trooper Thursday</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:26:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Procession honoring fallen WSP Trooper Thursday</description>
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      <title>700 tons of girders halt traffic on SR 500, St. Johns Boulevard next week</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Drivers on State Route 500 and St. Johns Boulevard will see closures next week as crews burn the midnight oil placing bridge girders that will help open the heavily traveled highway corridor to free-flowing traffic in 2013.</description>
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      <title>SR 99 tunnel tolling committee meets Wednesday</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The SR 99 Tunnel Project’s Advisory Committee on Tolling and Traffic Management meets Wednesday to continue exploring ways to reduce traffic diversion due to tunnel tolls and meet the project’s funding goals. Committee members will review current freight and transit traffic movements and downtown and waterfront planning efforts.</description>
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      <title>SR 520 weekend construction complete</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:42:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>SEATTLE – The cranes are gone and traffic is back on State Route 520 this morning after a busy weekend of construction. Crews installed concrete girders and deck panels for lidded overpasses that will reconnect communities as part of an improved six-lane highway.</description>
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      <title>Nighttime closures on I-5 in Federal Way wrap up this weekend</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Nighttime closures on I-5 in Federal Way wrap up this weekend</description>
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      <title>Construction closes SR 520 bridge, highway Feb. 24-27</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:30:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>SEATTLE – Crews will install 40 massive concrete girders this weekend to support future lids and overpasses above State Route 520 on the Eastside, a challenging amount of work that requires closing the floating bridge and highway between Seattle and Bellevue.</description>
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      <title>Expert panel confirms viaduct replacement on schedule, on budget</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Expert panel confirms viaduct replacement on schedule, on budget</description>
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      <title>Remaining Tacoma Narrows Bridge infractions to be dismissed</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:52:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Pierce County District Court has notified the Washington State Department of Transportation it will dismiss 14,000 Tacoma Narrows Bridge infractions.</description>
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      <title>New bridge girders installed over I-5 in Federal Way</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:17:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>New bridge girders installed over I-5 in Federal Way</description>
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      <title>Nighttime I-5 closures in Federal Way begin this weekend</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>FEDERAL WAY– Drivers should plan for a complete closure of southbound Interstate 5 at SR 18 in Federal Way this Friday and Saturday night.</description>
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      <title>New WSDOT cameras, hardware showcase 16 miles of I-5 in north Snohomish County</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>New cameras on I-5 show 16 miles of traffic and road condition information to drivers.</description>
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      <title>Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll-rate discussion set for Feb. 8</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Members of a citizen advisory group will discuss new toll rates for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge at a second meeting Feb. 8 at the Gig Harbor Civic Center. An informational open house hosted by the Washington State Department of Transportation will precede the meeting.</description>
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