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Resident raises parking sightline concerns; Puget Sound Fire reports EOC activation for high flows
Summary
At the Dec. 9 Covington council meeting, resident Kevin Hagen urged the city to address parking that blocks sightlines at 278th Place and SE Wax Road; Deputy Chief Kelch (Puget Sound Fire) reported an emergency operations center activation because Howard Hanson Dam was at capacity but said Covington was not expected to flood.
Kevin Hagen, a long‑time Covington resident, used the public comment period to describe what he called a hazardous parking situation at the corner of 278th Place and Southeast Wax Road, between a memory care center and an apartment building. Hagen said cars have begun parking along his fence line and that parked vehicles block…
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