by SRTC Staff | Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
One of our Senior Transportation Planners, Ryan Stewart, made the big time with very detailed report from EarthFix, a public media project of NPR, Oregon Public Broadcasting and Boise State Public Radio, Idaho Public Television, KCTS 9 Seattle, KUOW Puget...
by SRTC Staff | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
At a media briefing late last week, Governor-elect Jay Inslee touched on a couple of transportation issues, including coal trains and the need for a transportation package that would ask voters to approve new revenue for major transportation needs. Here are the...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Eight hundred people attended yesterday’s public meeting on a proposed coal port facility in northwest Washington. Many people are up in arms about the proposal because of increasing coal train shipments through Spokane and North Idaho. Others say the...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a public meeting tonight on a proposed coal terminal near Bellingham. Such a terminal could bring a dramatic increase in the size and frequency of coal trains through our area, which has many people worried about...
by SRTC Staff | Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A local hearing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is approaching to discuss a proposal to build a $665 million port terminal near Bellingham to ship coal to China and other Asian customers. While the movement of coal would create jobs, many are...