If you live in the Fauntleroy-area neighborhood where Seattle City Light is working on long-needed underground repairs and updates, Brace Point, you’ve probably closely followed their progress. For those who haven’t, here’s the latest of SCL’s periodic updates:

Seattle City Light contractors continue to work on the underground electrical infrastructure serving the Brace Point neighborhood. They are installing new duct banks, conduits, cables, vaults, and streetlights. The new infrastructure will help reduce the risk of outages and improve service for residents.

Underground civil construction is approximately 32% complete. Our crews have installed 3,470 linear feet of conduit and 13 underground electrical vaults. We expect to finish most civil construction by the end of 2026. After that, crews will focus on cleaning staging areas and restoring the project area to the same, if not better, condition.

You can reach our team at bracepointcable@stephersonassociates.com or 206-312-0021.

If you would like to talk to a member of the project team in person, you can find us in the upstairs meeting room at the Southwest Branch of the Seattle Public Library on Wednesday, April 8 from 12-1 PM.

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Current work areas:

Southwest Brace Point Drive: Crews are working near the intersection of 46th Ave. SW and SW Brace Point Drive.

47th Ave. Southwest: Crews are working north along 47th Ave. SW near the intersection of 46th Ave. SW and SW Roxbury St. Please drive carefully through this intersection and expect changing traffic patterns as the work progresses.

Longer than usual delays: Concrete pours are scheduled to occur on Wednesdays from 8 AM – 2 PM for the remainder of the project. Due to the narrow streets, trucks may have to park in the right-of-way. Please plan for longer than normal delays during these times.

Pedestrian trail: Crews are running new conduit and replacing the streetlight on the trail between 47th Ave.
Southwest to 48th Ave. Southwest. The trail is closed and expected to reopen in mid-April, once crews have finished the foundation for the new light pole. They will restore any areas disturbed by the project to City standards.

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Upcoming work areas

46th Ave. Southwest: After crews complete work on Brace Point Drive, they will start utility work on the segment of 46th Ave SW between Brace Point Drive and the intersection of SW Roxbury St and 47th Ave SW.

47th Ave. Southwest: This spring, crews will start working near the south end of 47th Ave. SW and work north towards the intersection of SW 98th St.

The work finally started last fall, five years after the originally projected start date.

A man was charged with attempted murder after a video appeared to show him attempting to push a person in front of a moving train. The moment was captured on surveillance camera footage.

The incident occurred on the Northgate light rail station in Seattle on March 19, as a train was pulling up, according to Storyful.

The video shows a man wearing a black hoodie standing behind a stranger who was on his phone. The man watches the train tracks, and as the train comes into view in the video, the man then pushes the victim, who stumbles forward. When the victim regains his balance, the suspect attempts to push him again and then flees the scene. The victim was able to hold his footing and appears to follow the man.

See shocking video of the attack

Suspect ordered mental health evaluation

Detectives later found the suspect, identified as Elisio Melendez, at a “mental health community facility where he lived,” according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

Melendez was later charged with attempted murder in the second degree and is being held on a $750,000 bail, according to King County arrest records obtained by USA TODAY.

Melendez, whose defense team stated has a history of mental illness, reported KOMO News, was ordered to undergo mental health evaluations during his arraignment on Tuesday, March 31.

USA TODAY has reached out to Melendez’s attorney for comment.

Immediate mental health help is available in the U.S. by calling or texting 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

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CHEHALIS, Wash. – All lanes of I-5 are fully blocked near Chehalis due to a barricaded suspect on the freeway.

Washington State Patrol and law enforcement engaged in a standoff on I-5 near Chehalis. (Washington State Patrol)

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