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Deschutes Parkway would close for about three years under updated estuary plans

If you walk, bike or drive around Capitol Lake, here's the big change: the updated Deschutes Estuary plans would close Deschutes Parkway SW between Lakeridge Drive and 5th Avenue for about three years.

The Daily Olympia team · 1 min read · 2 sources

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The estuary project would take years and hundreds of millions of dollars

$416 million
estimated cost by the time construction starts
About 3 years
of Deschutes Parkway closure, at the start of construction
6 to 7 years
of staged construction, if funding comes through
260 acres
of Capitol Lake to be restored as an estuary

Sources: The Olympian, The Jolt News

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Deschutes Parkway could close for about three years

Plus, Jimi Hendrix gets the nod for Washington's 2029 dollar coin

The TLDR

  1. Deschutes Parkway would close about three years, starting 2028 at the earliest
  2. Jimi Hendrix is the pick for Washington's 2029 dollar coin, but the design isn't final
  3. Tumwater OKs a new Costco at I-5 and Tumwater Boulevard
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