Downtown Tacoma has a handful of access points along its eastside, where it abuts the water. Now the ice storm has claimed one of them - Schuster Parkway.
With the extensive snow piled on trees, the added weight of the ice was too much for many of the trees. Schuster Parkway is littered with broken branches and small landslide in addition to all the snow and ice. The City has closed the street until they've had a chance to clear the debris from the three lanes its currently obstructing.
We'll let you know if/when we hear more.
UPDATE:
Schuster Parkway is expected to remain closed for most of the day. According to the City, slides are continuing to occur as they are removing debris.
Also, for those who are downtown, there is no parking enforcement today due to the hazardous conditions and cars stranded in some areas of snow and ice. This should be especially helpful to those residents who park on-street and have not ventured out in the last day.
Please note that a TPD officer may still cite anyone parked hazardously - blocking traffic, crosswalks, etc. If your vehicle does become disabled, please do your best to move it out of traffic.
UPDATE 2:
The Tacoma LINK cannot stay ahead of the ongoing icing. For this reason, Sound Transit is suspending LINK service for the rest of the day. If you need to get to one end of downtown or the other, Pierce Transit busses are continuing to run on snow routes.
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