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M" 'T Page A-8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 2, 2020 Coffee Creek culvert project in Shelton on schedule By Gordon Vlleeks gordon@masoncounty. com The state Department of Transpor- tation is on schedule to connect salmon and steelhead from Coffee Creek to Goldsborough Creek at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Shelton Mat- lock Road west of downtown Shelton. “While weather always plays a role, crews fully anticipate being complete on time with the work by late fall,” Doug Adamson, a WSDOT spokes- man, wrote Tuesday in an email to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. The state is under a federal court injunction to remove state-owned cul- verts that block habitat for salmon and steelhead. The department must meet injunction deadlines and comply with time-sensitive fish windows for the water work. Construction began last summer. “Crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation are focusing attention on the struc- ture that will carry the realigned por- tion of Coffee Creek under the Shelton Matlock Road,” Adamson wrote. “Once that phase or work is completed, work- ers will pave the roadway above the structure in order to remove the tem- porary two-lane bypass road around the Shelton Matlock Road.” Drivers on Shelton Matlock Road approaching U.S. 101 are using the temporary two-lane bypass road around the work zone. The bypass road allows crews to build a new stream channel and in- stall a 96-foot-long box culvert to con- nect the re-aligned Coffee Creek under the Shelton Matlock Road. The channel will link to a replicated .1: “.319- i : 5:51.!“ Crews on Tuesday work on creating a fish passage culvert at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Shelton Matlock Road to open up more than 13 miles of upstream habitat for salmon and steelhead. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks natural streambed, which was previ- ously built between Shelton Matlock Road and the area approaching Golds- borough Creek. The existing stream channel will be graded to simulate a natural stream- bed and will open more than 13 miles of potential upstream habitat for salmon and steelhead. The habitat improvement will be accomplished by slowing the velocity of the stream dur- ing times of high water, and providing a deeper channel during times of low- flowing water, the .department reports. Native vegetation has. been planted along the stream banks to restore a natural stream environment. The crews are also enhancing the interchange to the southbound U.S. 101 exit to City Center/Matlock and the West Shelton Matlock Road on— ramp to southbound 101. Both ramps were rebuilt into a diamond inter- change similar to both the northbound U.S. 101 exit and on-ramp. “We also appreciate drivers who pay full attention behind the wheel,” Adamson wrote. “Driver inattention is the number one cause of work zone ac- cidents.” Jury trialsin Mason County canbegin nextweek by Adam Rudnick adam@masoncounty.com Jury trials in Mason County will resume starting next week. The state Supreme Court announced June that po- tential jury trials in Mason County Superior Court, Ma- son County District Court and Shelton Municipal Court will resume July 6. All trials in Mason County were post- poned in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The suspension of jury trials was needed to protect the health of court users and court staff, and it gave us the opportunity to redesign our jury processes with the in- ‘.‘\"c \l';ll‘ll lo say—v ~ THANK YO in HM" rmnmunil‘x .1 [or till your suppnrl. put of public health officials,” wrote Daniel Goodell, Ma— son County Superior Court judge. “Now it is critical that we re-start jury trials, which are key to the fair adminis- tration of justice.” According to a state su— preme court news release, jury summons have been sent to residents. The three county courts have implemented safety pre- cautions to protect jurors and the public, the release states. All people entering the court— house must wear face masks or coverings; masks will be available for jurors who do not have their own. Jurors will have other safety protocols to follow. ' Get More onour Life Back! \rii’c'rc l lvrc,’ lor You and um ;.zs.~:un3 you llml we will l-iclollitrwing :lll Jurors will be in areas that will keep them at least 6 feet apart from one another. A limited number of jurors will be summoned to appear at any time to reduce the num- ber of people inside the court- house and courtroom. Courts will offer multiple ways for jurors to stay sani- tized during proceedings. Hand sanitizer stations have been installed throughout the courthouse and courtrooms. Both will. be sanitized mul- tiple times each day. Jurors will be asked not to touch any surfaces, documents or objects that have previously been touched without being sanitized. Jurors will also be able to wash their hands as tqfififififfifififffffififijfif often as they’d like. Due to space limitations, family members or other residents who want to at- tend court hearings may have to do so from alternate locations, according to the re- lease. Residents who feel they are vulnerable to the corona- virus and receive jury sum— mons can request to delay or excuse jury service. “The supreme court has made clear, in its most recent administrative order, that the time has come to resume conducting jury trials,” wrote George Stel, District Court judge. _ According to a state su— preme court order filed June 11, jury trials in Washington are eligible to begin July 6. Any process for summoning jurors must “include the abil- ity to defer jury service by those who are atwhigher risk from COVID-19 based on their age or existing health conditions, or those of a fam- ily member,” according to the order. . Jury trial proceedings must conduct ‘ proceedings public health guidance and communicate that informa- tion through signs, website and social media posts, phone messages or other means, ac— cording to the order. 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