A NEW SAFE AND WE'LL TALK
YEAH, ALL RIGHT GET READY FOR
SOME BIG DISRUPTIONS TO ALL
MAX LINES AND SOME BUS LINES
AS WORK BEGINS ON THE STEEL
BRIDGE STARTING ON SUNDAY
TRIMET WILL BEGIN TO REPLACE
NEARLY 8700 FEET OF RAIL.
AND OTHER TRACK COMPONENTS
JOINING US THIS MORNING TO
TALK ABOUT HOW TREATMENT IS
REDIRECTING TRAFFIC IS PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER FOR
TREATMENT TYLER GRAFTED
MORNING TYLER.
GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR
HAVING ME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET
STRAIGHT TO IT WHY WHY IS THIS
PROJECT EVEN NEEDED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
WELL AS YOU MENTIONED
TRYING THAT IS KICKING ARE
FROM OUR MOST AMBITIOUS NEXT
REVITALIZATION PROJECT AND THE
LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS 34 YEAR
HISTORY. SO CREWS WILL START
WORK ON THE STEEL BRIDGE NEXT
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ON SUNDAY
AUGUST 2ND AND WORK AROUND THE
CLOCK UNTIL SATURDAY AUGUST 29
TO EFFECTIVELY REBUILD THE
SYSTEM ACROSS THE BRIDGE. SO
THAT'S REALLY THE KEY POINT IS
THE WORK REVITALIZE THE SYSTEM
COMPONENTS THE MAX LIGHT RAIL
SYSTEM ON THE STEEL BRIDGE,
SOME OF THEM DATE BACK. 3, 4,
YEARS SO BY DOING THIS WORK
WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ARTERIAL
FOR ALL OF OUR MAX LINES AND
MAKING IT MORE RELIABLE, AND
DURABLE MOVING INTO THE
FUTURE. YEAH WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT RIGHT WE
WANTED TO BE ALL UP TO IS
GOING TO CAUSE A MAJOR
DISRUPTION FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
WHO DEPEND ON IT SO WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE
ROUTES FOR MAX WRITERS.
WELL YOU KNOW DESPITE
RIDERSHIP BEING LOWERED THESE
DUE TO ON BOARD SPACE WILL BE
DO PHYSICAL DISTANCING. SO WE
DO ENCOURAGE THAT RIDERS
CONSIDER CHANGING. WHEN THEY
RIDE TO AVOID IS YOUR COMMUTE
HOURS OR WORK FROM HOME IF
THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION. OR USE
DEPARTMENT STREETCAR BIKE OR
WALK OR SOME OTHER FORM OF
TRANSPORTATION DURING THIS
TIME.
NOW WE'LL BE ALTERNATIVE
ALSO BE THE SAME FOR BUS
RIDERS AS WELL.
YES SOME SOME BUS RIDERS
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE
CLOSURE OF THE STEEL THERE ARE
DETOURS IN PLACE THOUGH ACROSS
THE BROADWAY BRIDGE AND THEN
ALSO ACROSS THE BURNSIDE
BRIDGE. SO SOME SOME BUS
RIDERS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED
BY THE DISRUPTION AND THE WORK
THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING
PLACE ON THE ON THE STEEL
BRIDGE FORMATS WRITERS THERE
WILL BE SHOW BUS RUNNING UNION
STATION THROUGH OLD TOWN
CHINATOWN ROSE QUARTER TRANSIT
CENTER. OK SO YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE WORKERS ARE GOING TO
BE REALLY WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE HOW HAS A
COVID-19 IN THE PANDEMIC
IMPACTED, YOU KNOW HOW THEY'RE
WORKING OR I'M ASSUMING
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
REGULATIONS ARE HAVING TO DEAL
WITH.
YEAH THERE ARE THERE ARE
DEFINITELY A LOT PRECAUTIONS
THAT WE'RE TAKING. YOU KNOW
COVID-19 HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON
THE COMMUNITY IT'S AFFECTED
HOW WE HOW WE WORK HOW WE
TRAVEL HOW WE RECREATE. SO
WE'RE TAKING STRICT
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF
OUR CONSTRUCTION CREW WILL BE
FOLLOWING HEALTH EXPERT
GUIDANCE AND PHYSICAL
DISTANCING. DISINFECTING HIGH
TOUCH USING MASKS ALL WORKERS
WHO ARE ENTERING THE JOB SITE
WILL BE SCREENED AND HAVE
THEIR TEMPERATURES TAKEN AS
WELL. SO ALL OF THOSE MEASURES
ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE
CONSTRUCTION CREWS WHO ARE
WORKING.
AND TYLER BEFORE WE LET YOU
GO WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET
AROUND THE BRIDGE AND. YOU
KNOW WHERE THEY CAN JUST FIND
THAT INFORMATION AT.
SURE WE HAVE A WEB PAGE
DEDICATED THE PEOPLE CAN FIND
IT BY GOING TO TRY THAT DOT
ORG SLASH STEEL BRIDGE. WE'LL
CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT WITH
WILL CONTINUE A PUBLISHED
PHOTOS AND VIDEO ABOUT THE
PROJECT AND UPDATES AS
NECESSARY ALL RIGHT WELL TYLER
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US AND GIVING US THE LOWDOWN
ON WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT
MONTH OR SO HAVE A GOOD
MORNING.
THANKS YEAH, YEAH, ALL
RIGHT SOME 15 I WANT TO GET TO
OUR EXPERT IN ALL THINGS