July 2006

Reservoir to get cover

Work crews are reforming the 59-year-old underground Myrtle Street Reservoir to place a concrete cover over the drinking water to discourage terrorists and keep the water cleaner.

The new lid will be covered with soil and grass and the area around the reservoir, which has long been fenced off, will be opened for public use.

Work is expected to continue until next year on the $6.3 million project.

A similar lid also is planned for the much bigger West Seattle Reservoir in Westcrest Park.

Surprisingly, both reservoirs will end up considerably smal

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Major repaving starts soon

Repaving 1.5 miles of California Avenue and a few blocks of Admiral Way is scheduled to begin in mid-August and will bring changes to crosswalks and intersections from Admiral Way to Edmunds Street in the Junction.

Road construction will continue until winter and be completed sometime next spring within 110 workdays. The contractor is Gary Merlino Construction Co.

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Record-breaking crowd attends festival

Merchants were pleased with the 2006 edition of the Junction summer festival, which brought an estimated record-breaking 50,000 people to the business district during the three-day event.

The crowd size was estimated by examining bank transaction records at automatic teller machines in the Junction area and by tallying food sales at the July 14-16 festival, said Danielle Bennett, spokeswoman for The Workshop, a professional event management company hired to run this year's event.

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Burien annexation group says claims untrue

The real cost of annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area is not reflected in figures provided by the city of Burien, says a member of a political action committee opposed to merging with the area.

Ron Seale, a member of Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee, says the Burien claim that the "no annexation" option would be the most costly for Burien is not true.

The cost of services that North Highline will need, combined with the limited tax revenue the area is expected to generate, would be a financial drain on Burien, Seale said.

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