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Nellybelle · 10-24-2021, 08:53 PM

Perfect for motorcycles!

That Judy · 10-24-2021, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Gail

At least your Rest Areas are open .

The Rest Areas just North of Seattle on I-5 are now closed until the first of next year , at the soonest .

The real rub is that it includes the dump stations .

It seems the homeless situation has gone from bad to worse.

Not long ago we stayed a night at one of those now-closed rest areas. After midnight, 3 cars rolled in and several young men, clearly not homeless, got out and spray painted the bathrooms. And then shot off several rounds from a handgun on their way out. We talked to the DOT and they did finally catch at least one of them but they had been making this their weekend entertainment for quite some time, at multiple rest areas on the I-5 Interstate.

RealNiceTent · 10-24-2021, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Straykat

I have to ask if you actually counted the actually number of truck parking spaces. Those spaces may not have been counted by the official government parking spacer counter as an useable space. The sign crew is still surveying the government mandated specifications to see what signage is required to be installed. At this time the sign crew is waiting for a response from the head of the state government to make a decision as whether to close the rest area until a committee has been formed to study the cost to correct the error. They actually do not feel that this is an error but just good use of public use of tax dollar at work and actual question if this is really in Kentucky. This is just a temporary inconvenience and will be corrected in the next years physical budget using the allowed pork barrel clause which will include any cost overruns incurred due to the delays. Please direct any questions to the appropriate department head. There will be a press briefing scheduled on Friday afternoon at 3:00pm to answer any question from concerned citizens as to where they should park in the mean time.

I think you ruffled somebody's feathers there TwinBoat

**CLIFFTALL** · 10-25-2021, 03:35 AM

A few political posts have been removed as our Community Rules do not permit them.

New2road · 10-25-2021, 03:37 AM

yeah, I got nothing. Falls into the " you had one job to do, and ......"

Scooter363y · 10-25-2021, 04:07 AM

As my father used to say:

Why is common sense not that common?

RV safe
Scooter

khocke · 10-25-2021, 06:41 AM

Was the slot(s) with the lamp post any wider than the others?

twinboat · 10-25-2021, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by khocke

Was the slot(s) with the lamp post any wider than the others?

I didn't measure the width but they all looked the same to me, except that the ones with light poles were empty.

69Stang · 10-25-2021, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RealNiceTent

I think you ruffled somebody's feathers there TwinBoat

I think you missed the sarcasm.

KanzKran · 10-25-2021, 07:16 AM

They could have at least put a white stripe on each side of the post, and shifted the remaining spaces by the width of the concrete pillar. Which could have been painted yellow or white, with a reflective sticker or two wrapped around the pole. Some poor schmuck is going to scrape his/her trailer on that thing.

dustyone · 10-25-2021, 09:08 AM

It's not even safe to go to the King County Courthouse...aka public safety building. Wouldn't surprise me to see a "rest area fee" added to the ever increasing list of Washington State vehicle registration fees to pay for irresponsible people's actions, a direct result from govt. mandated lack of enforcement.

Don't give the politicians any ideas! Here in Pa. They are implementing a rain water run off fee. I kid you not.

DHS · 10-25-2021, 04:25 PM

I really like the idea of a sign that tells you if the rest stop is full. when we were on our last trip had a hard time finding a rest stop that wasn't full. it would be nice to have the sensors and be able to look on line and see if a rest stop is full.

DHS · 10-25-2021, 04:32 PM

(Don't give the politicians any ideas! Here in Pa. They are implementing a rain water run off fee. I kid you not.)

They already have that in Washington State only they call it a Storm Water fee and it is added to our property taxes.

Bill Gail · 10-25-2021, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dmwoody

Just keep voting in the WRONG people !!!

We've had this situation with the homeless for the last 4 years .

It's not something new .

No one wants them in their neighbor hood , but the irony is it will take everyone to resolve the homeless issue.