Lynden Tribune: Senate bill would expand pedestrian access at construction zones

OLYMPIA — Hospitals, parks and schools: These key locations are the focus of a bill that would require accessible pedestrian passage to be maintained during construction there.

The prime sponsor of Senate Bill 6311, Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, said the measure was born out of a story he heard from Monroe about a hospital that had a street construction project without adequate pedestrian access.