GOT QUESTIONS? ‘Informational meet and greet’ announced for Alki Point pump station generator project

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If you have questions about the Alki Standby Generator Project – toward the south end of the Alki Point Healthy Street’s Beach Drive stretch – you can get answers during an “informational meet and greet” just announced for next Monday, March 24:

Are you interested in learning more about upcoming construction in your neighborhood? Please join us for an informational meet and greet at Constellation Park on Monday, March 24.

Members of the project team will be onsite to answer your questions and provide an overview of upcoming construction work this spring. The meet and greet will be followed by an optional site walk for those interested in seeing how crews will move throughout the neighborhood along the conduit route.

Event details:

WHEN: Monday, March 24, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Constellation Park (Beach Dr SW and 63rd Ave SW)

The meet and greet will start at Constellation Park, then move along the construction work area.

We are hosting this rain or shine. Please dress for the weather accordingly. We hope you can join us!

The project is meant to make the pump station at 63rd/Beach more outage-resistant and therefore less overflow-prone.

Augsburg March 21, 2025 (6:27 am)

It would be great for some of us that cannot go to the meeting for King Co. and WSB to report on the “operational” issues with a large, industrial-size, standby generator. The info at the project link provided in the article does indicate the location and discusses potential construction impacts, but does not provide much about the ongoing and permanent noise, air pollution or carbon foot print of the proposed generator. As someone that personally installed a number of these large industrial generators, I’m familiar with many of the issues. The public should be informed of basic information, such as the fuel source (diesel, natural gas, battery bank, etc.) Of course, diesel power would have the largest air pollution impact, but because diesel is so dirty, King County may need to “exercise” the generator frequently to keep it “in tune” and operational. Meaning noise and air pollution impacts beyond the needs of power outages, etc. Great strides have been made in recent years for battery power for generators, which can be charged from the grid without noise or air pollution. King County should inform us and WSB should find out what alternatives, if any were considered for the project.

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