Letter to the editor: Keep First Street closed and Mount Baker railroad crossing open

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Letter to the editor: Keep First Street closed and Mount Baker railroad crossing open

Last updated 1/3/2021 at 5:50pm

First Street, Baker Railroad crossing and Mukilteo Lane problems - The Mukilteo City Council is slated to discuss these problems again Jan. 4, 2021. There seems to be a push to close the Baker RR crossing prematurely.

This is ill advised, as there are many problems with traffic flow and control at intersections of ferry traffic, Sounder station, and First Street off of Mukilteo Speedway. Currently access to Edgewater Beach is through the Baker RR crossing and this avoids many problems at the Mukilteo Speedway and the new ferry entrance.

First Street is currently closed to through traf...

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