Gov.
Gregoire's Oct. 8, 2007 Press Conference:
Designates U. S. 2 a Traffic Safety Corridor
Museum of Flight, Paine Field, Everett, Washington
Listen
to 21-min. Press Conference Audio (2.5 mb
MP3 file)
DOCUMENTS (press packet)
Above: Officials attending the press conference, left to right: Director
Lowell Porter, Washington's Traffic Safety Commisison; Chief John Batiste,
WSP; Paul Hammond, Interim Secretary of the Washington Transportation
Dept.; Gov. Gregoire; and Snohomish County officials -- Councilman Dave
Somers and Executive Aaron Reardon.
Above: Snohomish County Executive at Podium
Above: Snohomish County Councilman Dave Somers, who is largely responsible for the $1.5 million in county matching funds (combined with $1.4 million federal funds) needed for the $3.0 million-plus safety improvements. (We apologize for our digital camera's overload; the photo above has not been retouched.)
Above: U. S. 2 Safety Coalition Chairman Fred Walser, being interviewed by a KIRO-TV reporter following the press conference.
ABOVE:
Chief John Batiste
Head of the Washington State Patrol
Above: Display board of enhanced rumble strips and caution striping recommended for U. S. 2 from Monroe through Gold Bar (left graphic), and from Gold Bar to Stevens Pass (right graphic)
Above:
all three local TV stations covered this story, along with the
Seattle Times and the Everett Herald, despite the extremely short notice
(given that morning).
Above: At the podium is Paula Hammond, Interim Secretary of Washington State Department of Transportation; Left-to-right: Chief Batiste, WSP; County Councilman Dave Somers; County Executive Aaron Reardon; Gov. Gregoire
DOCUMENTS IN PRESS PACKET (pdf files):
- "What's a Safety Corridor?" and "What's next?" (132 kb)
- U. S. 2 Safety Projects - Completed & Underway (570 kb)
- Display
Board/graphics:
- Detail of proposed enhanced rumble strips and yellow caution stripping (544 kb)
- Proposed Sign along U. S. 2 Traffic Safety Corridor (174 kb)