Category: ‘Fixing Our Traffic Mess’
Clean Up Our Traffic Mess: Support Jobs
August 18th, 2010 by Bill
On Monday (Aug. 16), Seattle opened a new, widened Spokane Street and a new Spokane St. ramp to 4th Avenue. The Port of Seattle contributed $3.4 million to this project as part of its commitment to helping move freight more efficiently. Moving freight efficiently from our seaport to SR99, I-5 and I-90 ...
SR99 Tunnel and Holgate Groundbreaking
July 6th, 2010 by Bill
Watch KOMO News coverage of what they called my "fireworks" on the SR99 tunnel: http://tinyurl.com/3x6dfsb "Enough Already!” If you would like to see how the new SR99 will be built and part of the viaduct removed, please ...
2010 Maritime Public Official of the Year
May 11th, 2010 by Bill
Today I was honored as the 2010 Maritime Public Official of the Year. In accepting the honor I emphasized the critical relationship between a street and highway system that serves our maritime, fishing, and industrial community and our region’s ability to generate jobs. 70,000 families depend on a vibrant working ...
Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement
April 13th, 2010 by Bill
The port and tens of thousands of maritime/industrial jobs depend upon replacing the viaduct with an alternative that: links industrial lands in the Duwamish to Ballard/Interbay enables cruise ship passengers to move easily between SeaTac and the port’s cruise terminal foot of Magnolia and Pier 66 provides efficient connections between the seaport ...
Port helps Finish Kent’s South 228th Street Overpass
December 15th, 2009 by Bill
Despite chilling drizzle, Kent Mayor Cooke and I cut the ribbon on the new overpass above the BN railroad tracks in Kent. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma generate over 100,000 jobs, and those jobs depend on an efficient traffic system and on our ability to move freight efficiently. ...
The Connection between Traffic, Freight and Jobs
February 6th, 2009 by Bill
About 70% of the cargo arriving in Puget Sound’s ports is destined for the American Mid-West and that cargo will move through whichever port (British Columbia, Puget Sound, California, Panama Canal) that will get it to Chicago or St. Louis the fastest. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have spent hundreds ...
Bill Bryant is president of the King Co./Seattle Port Commission. He is also founder and chairman of BCI, an investor in Deneki Outdoors, and lives in Seattle with his wife Barbara.
