Everett’s Intermodal Yard awarded $2 million to improve waste management
EVERETT– The Snohomish County Public Works Department was awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for its Everett Intermodal Yard Curve Improvement project – a $34 million project designed to improve rail capacity and safety while bringing much-needed improvements to the county’s solid waste management system. The dollars come from […]
Snohomish County has a solid waste problem, Public Works plans to fix it
EVERETT, Wash., September 17, 2023—Each week garbage trucks around Snohomish County pick up residents’ solid waste that end up at one location in north Everett. That waste is then loaded onto freight trains and transported to a landfill in Eastern Washington. However, in recent years, the county has encountered challenges that has its Public Works […]
