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Metro will observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21. Most Metro bus routes will operate on a regular weekday schedule, but there is reduced service on some peak-commute routes and those serving the University of Washington. All Metro offices will be closed.

Service changes next Monday include:

• Reduced service includes cancellation of the following routes: 45, 46, 76, 77, 79, 133, 167, 197, 202, 205, 272, 277, 304, 308 and 373.

• When the University of Washington is not in session, the following routes operate on a weekday schedule with designated trips canceled: Routes 31, 65, 67, 68, 75, 271, 372 and ST 540. Check timetables for the canceled trips.

Ferry service reductions could impact Metro service

A temporary reduction in ferry service between Vashon Island and Fauntleroy may result in bus service delays or disruptions on King County Metro Transit routes 54, 116, 118, and 119.

Metro staff has been working to make sure passengers traveling on Vashon and between the mainland and the island are accommodated while this revised ferry schedule is in effect.

Bus riders on the four affected routes should use the bus route's regularly posted schedule to plan travel, but be sure to allow plenty of time for the trip and be prepared for possible delays.

Roads environmental projects get boost with state funding

King County's efforts to improve water quality through stormwater management are getting a big shot in the arm with more than $3.3 million in new grants from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

The state grant funds will be used to make regional stormwater improvements, develop low-cost maintenance systems and other important advances in King County's stormwater management activities carried out by the county's Road Services Division and Water and Land Resources Division.

The Roads Division received $561,000 for a project to develop ways to retrofit roadside ditches countywide to handle stormwater flows to reduce flooding and pollution run-off. The division also received $168,000 for stormwater control on an upcoming project to improve Novelty Hill Road east of Redmond.

Deep snows keep Skykomish road crews busy

County crews plow the Foss River Road.

It may be cold and chilly here in the lower reaches of King County, but it’s been a different story in the county’s far northeast corner at the base of the Cascade Mountains along Highway 2.

King County Road Services Division crews stationed in Skykomish have been plowing snow from roads almost non-stop this winter – and it just keeps falling.

“Most of our crew hasn’t seen this much snow since they were assigned to the Skykomish office,” said Roads Maintenance Superintendent Tony Ledbetter. “We had to bring in additional equipment just to move the snow away from the roadways, because there was nowhere left to push it.”

The county’s Skykomish roads office is staffed by four maintenance workers, who maintain approximately 40 miles of roads in the higher altitudes of that area.

Updated:  January 15, 2008

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