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Weyerhaeuser Campus Warehouses Approved, With a Few Wins for People Walking and Biking

Weyerhaeuser Campus Warehouses Approved, With a Few Wins for People Walking and Biking

Construction on new warehouses totaling 971,390 square feet on the former Weyerhaeuser campus on Weyerhaeuser Way S. near I-5 is one big step closer to beginning. The project was originally submitted in 2017, and a hearing examiner approved the project this week as a last major approval step.

Federal Way City Council Knew It Couldn't Stop a Warehouse. It Voted Yes Anyway.

Federal Way City Council Knew It Couldn't Stop a Warehouse. It Voted Yes Anyway.

Land use application documents show that a giant warehouse project was in the works before the Wild Waves closure announcement. As discovered last week, a land use application to turn the Wild Waves property into a 1 million square-foot warehouse after it closes this year has been submitted to

New Pedestrian Safety Projects Planned for Federal Way

New Pedestrian Safety Projects Planned for Federal Way

Other than CM Jack Walsh's comment that natural selection is the fix to unsafe pedestrian crossings, the Land Use and Transportation Committee (LUTC) on May 4 discussed a full agenda of potential pedestrian and other infrastructure projects during its last meeting, including safety improvements to 19th Ave SW

Jack Walsh should not serve as the Federal Way Land Use and Transportation Chair

At this month’s Land Use and Transportation Committee Meeting (LUTC) during a discussion on pedestrians crossing the street not at a marked crosswalk, Federal Way Council Member and current LUTC Chair Jack Walsh interjected to quip, "It's frustrating. If you follow Darwinian theory, it may take