Bypass To Nowhere Traffic Info

After Tuesday’s morning traffic was backed up because of SR 510 – Yelm Loop Bypass To Nowhere construction, I emailed Dennis Engel at the Washington State Department of Transportation, who replied to me quickly with some great info on the construction schedule.
Weekly traffic updates for Thurston County are published at on the wsdot website.
SR 510, [...]

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Bypass To Nowhere Breaks Ground – Snarls Traffic

Welcome to the SR 510 Yelm Loop.
As of 9:15 am on Tuesday April 20th, Yelm traffic came to a screeching halt as the SR 510 – Yelm Loop Bypass To Nowhere construction went from local officials doing goofy photo opts to bringing traffic in Yelm to a halt.
The project is said to be ‘completed’ in [...]

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Smirks And $615,223 Wells At April 13th Yelm City Council Meeting

All of the April 13th Yelm City Council Meeting can be seen online, but don’t expect the Agenda to include everything covered.
In the Special Presentations, after Don Miller responses to roll call with by saying ‘yo’, Mayor Harding appears to be suppressing a ear to ear smirk as he reads a Court of Appeals decision [...]

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Bypass To Nowhere Goes Up For Bid

Phase One of the Yelm Loop or Bypass To Nowhere has gone up on the Washington State Department of Transportation site for bid.

Titled: YELM LOOP – STAGE 1, it is described in short as “SR 510, MP 13.28 to MP 14.81 in Thurston County, CL 1 or 4.CONTAINS APPRENTICE UTILIZATION REQUIREMENT: 15%. For more information [...]

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Follow ProtectYelm.org on Twitter

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Klein Urges Yelm City Residents To Ask The City Questions

Amid several current blunders by the Yelm City Council, Yelm watch dog and blogger Steve Klein urges Yelm Residents to ask the City of Yelm Council some hard questions about pressing issues.

Directly from Yelm.com

YELM RESIDENTS SHOULD DEMAND ANSWERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS!

The number one responsibility of elected officials and their staffs of our municipalities is to [...]

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Southeast Thurston Regional Fire Authority

On February 9, 2010, all registered voters in the City of Yelm and County Fire Districts 2 and 4 will get an opportunity to vote on the merger to be under one umbrella of the Southeast Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The merger will eliminate several redundant administrative expenses and allow the Fire Authority to operate [...]

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Olympian Reports On Permit Problems In Yelm

The Olympian ran a story titled Permit process gone awry creates nightmare in Yelm detailing the struggles of Andy and Cindy Smith who are unable to move into their new house because of the City of Yelm’s mismanagement of the building permit process.
The city issued a building permit for the home despite a development condition [...]

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City Of Yelm Threatens To Evoke Eminent Domain To Seize Water Rights

On October 26, 2009, Mayor Ron Harding signed a a letter stating the City Of Yelms intent to evoke Eminent Domain to seize the McMonigle water rights that were key to the Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s June 20th decision to reverse the the Thurston County Conservancy Board Draft Water System Plan approval of Yelm’s [...]

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Yelm Community Blog Finds City of Yelm Negligence

The below is from a press release sent today, May 7th, 2009.
As a result of over a thorough 2-month investigation, I have published today
a detailed report outlining what I assert is the negligence of City of Yelm officials
in handling the official business of the city and in keeping this knowledge from public view.
“THURSTON HIGHLANDS IN [...]

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