Bingen City Council had a packed June. The new Hood River-White Salmon Bridge reached sixty-percent design, the city hired an engineer to push its long-awaited railroad Quiet Zone forward, and Olympia's latest housing rules landed on the council's desk. Here's your plain-English guide to what it all means for you.

In This Episode:

• The new bridge at 60%: the roundabout, the overlooks, and the toll-and-TIFIA math
• Quiet Zone: Gray and Osborne hired, the BNSF agreement signed
• Which of the state's new housing rules Bingen has to follow, and why it can't require affordable units
• Free e-bikes coming to Daubenspeck Park, plus new stop signs and a possible 20 mph limit
• TextMyGov emergency text alerts
• An early wildfire season, and lead paint at the Gorge Heritage Museum

Resources & Links:

• Read the full written Dispatch at skamaniadispatch.com
• Bingen City Council agendas and minutes: bingenwashington.org (AgendaCenter)
• Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority: hrwsba.gov

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