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Retired county equipment
headed for Gulf Coast clean-up duty
The next county auction will be a spot bid auction of surplus equipment, scheduled for Nov. 16, and will be held at the new county surplus warehouse at 707 S. Orcas St. (Georgetown) at the corner of South Orcas Street and Padilla Place South. Check the Fleet spot bid information web site for more information about auction items, times and driving directions to the warehouse. Blustery, stormy weather has arrived in our area, and King County Road Services maintenance crews can use some help from residents to prevent flooding.
Residents can monitor conditions and get the latest road closure information on King County Alert or the Regional Public Information Network (RPIN) Web site, which also provides information and links to other public agencies. King County crews will monitor rivers and roads prone to flooding
throughout the flood season. Motorists are warned not to drive through
standing water or around barricades and road closure signs. The number
one cause of flood-related deaths is motorists attempting to drive
through flooded roadways. Help Metro plan future transit service Starting this week,
Metro Transit is hosting a
series of public meetings to discuss future transit service in
East
and
Southeast areas of King County. The goal of the meetings is to
improve and expand the transit network, by making the best possible use
of service hours already on the street, and the buses and transit
facilities now in place. Transit tackles football crowds this weekend The University of Washington Huskies host
the No. 1 college football team in the nation this Saturday, and the
Seahawks will take on the best in the NFC East on Sunday. |
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King
County’s semi-annual auto and surplus equipment auction earlier this
month netted more than $600,000 for the county. Eight heavy-duty dump
trucks were the main attraction. Due to their age and maintenance costs,
the trucks had reached the end of their useful lifespan for the county.
However, contractors who indicated they needed more equipment for
clean-up jobs in Texas and Louisiana bid competitively for the trucks.
The eight trucks sold for a total of $296,000.
The
auction featured dozens of cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles and other
items. The popular auction was hosted by the Department of
Transportation’s 
Typically
the first storms of the season blow most of the leaves off deciduous
trees. It doesn’t take many leaves to quickly block the storm drains in
streets, increasing the chances of urban flooding. Neighborhood
culverts that channel storm water also need to be kept clear. A few
moments spent clearing leaves away from drains on and near your property
can go a long way toward preventing localized flooding on streets and
intersections.
King
County is giving residents an early reminder to inspect storm drains
near their property now, before we get several consecutive days of rain,
to prevent local flooding problems. Residents are also encouraged to
report problems on roads maintained by King County by calling the Road
Services Division’s 24-hour Help Line at (206) 296-8100 or 1-800-KC
ROADS.
It’s
also a good time to start thinking about safe winter-driving habits.
That means reducing speed on wet roads, leaving plenty of space between
you and the car in front of you, detouring around any standing water you
may encounter, and being on the lookout for weather-related road
problems or closures.