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Kathy Lambert King County District 3 Councilmember returned to the club to give us a county update. She prepared all of us for a large tax increase as a result of education and transit decisions.
Many of the county bridges are in need of maintenance and improvements along with roadways. Kathy talked about a number of county efforts and also shared a chart on how much it costs to maintain a road versus a complete re-build which is exponentially higher.
Waste to Energy, Recycling, Upcycling and moving towards Zero Waste are going to be major issues as our current landfill will be filled within the next 20 or so years. She talked about options that many countries like Germany are employing as well as a few municipalities within the United States.
Learn more about county happenings on the county website.
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