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WS Gas Price Watch bulletin: Down into the $2s
June 13, 2007 2:14 pm
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation | WS breaking news

Just drove through Fauntleroy/Alaska and spotted both stations suddenly down below $3 for regular — $2.99 at 76, $2.98 at Shell (that’s more than a dime since our last driveby a few hours earlier). Will check the previous low-price leader, Admiral/Cali Chev, in a bit (sightings, anyone?).

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WS Gas Price Watch: Below $3 a gallon!
June 12, 2007 9:54 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

admcalichev305junetwelfth.jpgnumbersguy.jpgOK, so it’s $2.99 diesel at Admiral/Cali Chevron, but that’s still below three bucks. And regular isn’t far behind — now down to $3.05  (left photo). At least two other WS stations are down to $3.09 for regular — Cali/Andover Exxon and Delridge Arco, where (right photo) the guy with the thankless job of fixing 12 sets of numbers with every price change was busy again, just moments ago. How low will it all go? Maybe not much lower, if you believe the national reports. But on the other hand, it’s worth noting that suddenly West Seattle gas prices are significantly below the Seattle average.

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Latest repaving update from the city
June 11, 2007 4:37 pm
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 |   Transportation

This just in from the Seattle Department of Transportation:

Work on California between SW Genesee and SW Spokane Street has been completed except pavement striping, to be done within the next three weeks.

Final paving of California Avenue SW between Spokane Street and SW Admiral Way is tentatively scheduled for the last week of June.

The contractor plans to begin work on SW Admiral Way between 41st Ave SW and SW Olga Street the first week of July.

The entire project is scheduled for completion in mid-August. Normal work hours for the contractor on California Avenue SW are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

During the peak periods (6-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m.) at least one lane of traffic in each direction on California Avenue SW will remain open. At other times, traffic on California may be restricted to one lane with the use of flaggers. Turns to and from side streets to California Avenue SW may be restricted. Detours may be necessary at times. On-street parking is not allowed in the construction area.

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A date to remember
June 11, 2007 1:03 pm
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 |   Transportation | West Seattle history

The Times reminds us that today is the 29th anniversary of the notorious incident (detailed nicely at HistoryLink.org) that paved the way for the high bridge: the day Rolf Neslund (whose subsequent murder is featured in a book by Ann Rule) crashed a freighter into the bridge’s predecessor. That finally closed years of squabbling over whether to build a better bridge; the current high bridge opened in 1984. So next time you’re stuck in morning bridge traffic (recent photo below) … remember, it might be worse if not for Rolf …

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Traffic talk tonight
June 11, 2007 8:31 am
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 |   High Point | Transportation

One week before Sylvan/Morgan closes to through-traffic between 35th and Delridge for three months of construction-related utility/road work, there’s an “open house” tonight where you can find out the latest on detours, local access, and also more on what’s up with the ongoing High Point-area development: 4:30-6 tonight, High Point Library.

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WS Gas Price Watch, plus a cautionary tale
June 10, 2007 12:49 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

As noted in a comment on our last WSGPW post, Admiral/Cali Chev has plunged further, now down to $3.09/regular. And Delridge (by Home Depot) Arco is no longer the second-lowest; it’s still $3.15, but Exxon at Cali/Andover is down to $3.11, and Charlestown/Cali 7-11 has posted $3.12. Note the key word “posted.” A WSB reader e-mailed to say he filled up with one of the higher grades at that 7-11 tonight before noticing the pump price was higher than the sign price. Prices have been changing so fast – check before you pump.

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Traffic alert for Saturday
June 8, 2007 5:28 pm
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 |   Transportation

Many of us on the south end of West Seattle use the South Park Bridge from time to time. So we wanted to mention that it will be closed all day tomorrow — 7 am to 7 pm — for what the county describes as “electrical repairs to the draw span.”

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WS Gas Price Watch: Gas war?
June 8, 2007 12:37 pm
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

That’s what they used to call it when we were much, much younger – gas stations in something of a price-cutting competition. Right now the WS deathmatch seems to be between Admiral/Cali Chevron and Delridge Arco. But at least as of minutes ago, Delridge hasn’t dropped all the way down to match Admiral/Cali’s $3.13 — Arco’s two cents above that. Meantime, here’s a bigger price photo than usual, just ’cause we like the composition.

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WS Gas Price Watch: Still sliding
June 7, 2007 7:02 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

317arcojunesixth.jpgIn our spot checks within the past 12 hours, Delridge Arco (left) is now matching Admiral/Cali Chevron at $3.17, the lowest posted WS price for regular that we’ve seen. Several others are close – Charlestown/Cali 7-11 is down to $3.18, and the Fauntleroy/Alaska stations were below $3.20 when last we looked.

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Out of luck?
June 6, 2007 6:16 pm
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 |   Development | High Point | Transportation

fixbump.JPGYou are, if you expect the ravaged roadway of Sylvan/Orchard (east of High Point and home to the sign at left) to be all good as new once the upcoming closure is through. Nope, just a short stretch, reiterates the project spokesperson in today’s Herald.

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Road-work alert — and we’re not talking Cali
June 5, 2007 4:40 pm
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 |   Transportation

New paving alert just out from the city for tomorrow and Friday, 9 am-4 pm each day, in the vicinity of West Marginal/Chelan.

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WS Gas Price Watch: Getting closer to $3
June 4, 2007 11:31 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

admcalichev.jpgAt least two WS gas stations are down below $3.20 this morning: Admiral/Cali Chevron (left) at $3.17/regular, and Delridge Arco, which had a worker out changing the signs (all four of them; tough job to have to switch numbers on up to twelve displays every time there’s a price change!) to $3.19/regular as of about half an hour ago.

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U-turners beware
June 4, 2007 7:39 am
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 |   Transportation

There is a problem with people making illegal U-turns on Harbor Island near the “low bridge,” according to the P-I traffic troubleshooting column. (We had trouble placing the location so here’s a better map.) If this is something you do regularly, you’ll want to know that the city says, in the P-I column, it’ll be changing the curbing again soon to try to stop the U-turners.

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WS Gas Price Watch: Still falling
June 1, 2007 7:15 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

… so fast, we can barely keep up. Now the lowest posted price we’re seeing (but not by much) is Fauntleroy/Alaska Shell, $3.24/gallon.

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Street of screams
May 30, 2007 12:33 pm
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 |   High Point | Transportation

As in, screams from drivers fed up with bumpy Sylvan Way/Orchard between Delridge & High Point. We just noticed this addition to the warning sign along the westbound lane:

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WS Gas Price Watch: Tumbling price
May 29, 2007 9:21 pm
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

arco52907.jpgFor the first time in a long time, at least three WS gas stations have regular posted in the $3.20s. The 35th/Avalon 7-11 has taken a big dive to $3.28; not to be outdone, Delridge Arco is down tonight to $3.27 (left). (Admiral/Cali Chevron was at $3.29 when we last went by this morning; we trust our north end spotters will tell us if it’s fallen further!) Looks like this is in keeping with a national trend, though we’re still above the U.S. average.

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$ to plot a viaduct-less future
May 29, 2007 3:46 pm
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 |   Transportation | West Seattle politics

SCENIC_Alaskan_Way_AWV1.jpgThe City Council just officially approved its $8 million plan (which will apparently take a year to draw up, so guess the viaduct’s not going anywhere any time soon) to try to figure out how we would all get around without a viaduct or a tunnel. Press release text after the click:Read More

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WS Gas Price Watch: See-saw
May 26, 2007 9:37 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

arco2.JPGFirst it’s up a bit, then it’s down a bit, then it’s up a bit: West Seattle’s lowest posted price for regular is back up two cents — Delridge Arco (near Home Depot), now back to $3.31/gallon. This is a dime below the daily statewide average as tracked by AAA, but 15 cents higher than this day last year.

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Handy links if you’re traveling
May 25, 2007 4:33 pm
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 |   Holidays | Transportation

-Remember our West Seattle Cams page

-Ferry schedules here

-State highway traffic alerts here

–Memorial Day “driving tips” from WSDOT

-Traffic cams for the entire city plus all of King County

–Real-time flight info for anything going through Sea-Tac Airport

–National Weather Service forecasts for all of Western Washington

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Buckle up or else
May 25, 2007 2:09 pm
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 |   Transportation

The new nighttime “Click It or Ticket” patrols are supposed to be out on Alki tonight, according to a WS Herald story earlier this week.

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Road closure date set for busy WS east-west connector
May 24, 2007 5:39 pm
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 |   Development | Transportation

There’s now a date set for a road closure that will mean months of detouring for people who use Sylvan Way/SW Morgan to get between 35th and Delridge: The closure starts June 18 and is expected to last through mid-September. It’s happening for underground utility work related to all the housing construction in the area; an open house is planned one week ahead of time to help make sure everyone has the info they need to get through the shutdown. This city press release has more info on the exact shutdown zone as well as detour plans.

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Beach Drive traffic alert
May 24, 2007 12:13 pm
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 |   Transportation | Utilities

Big City Light contingent, with flagger and traffic-directing officer, busy a mile or so from the south end of Beach Drive, not too far from where this happened during the windstorm.

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WS Gas Price Watch: Highest price drops too
May 24, 2007 11:57 am
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 |   Gas prices | Transportation

lincolnpark76may24.JPGLincoln Park 76 still has West Seattle’s highest posted price for regular, but now that’s down a bit, with a two-cent drop today, bringing it to $3.47/gallon. Perhaps this scared somebody somewhere.

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