PORT TRUCK BACKUP: East Marginal clearing

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1:36 PM: Five hours ago, we got a tip that port trucks were backed up in a big way on East Marginal Way, north of Spokane. It’s apparently continued since then – but, per the scanner, the trucks are now dispersing, about 15 minutes after we took the screengrab you see above. They have reportedly been waiting to get into Terminal 46 off Alaskan Way, but, also per scanner discussion, police are saying that terminal is now closed for the day. We have an inquiry out to the port in hopes of finding out more. Truck traffic is of particular interest right now as one of the issues factoring into the environmental review of the Terminal 5 big-ship-readiness project, which has another hearing 5-8:30 pm tonight in The Junction (as previewed earlier).

2:35 PM: Haven’t heard back from the port yet but we’ve just heard police via scanner say that 46 is “open again.”

6:48 PM: Port spokesperson Susan Stoltzfus talked with us briefly at the T-5 hearing, saying all they could figure is that the trucks were “over-dispatched.”

2 Replies to "PORT TRUCK BACKUP: East Marginal clearing"

  • flimflam June 9, 2016 (4:16 pm)

    good lord, are they all just idling with engine running?

  • Roxy June 9, 2016 (4:52 pm)

    Truck traffic was backed up on NB1st Ave S this a.m. Took 2 light cycles to get off the bridge and headed north into downtown at 750 am.

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