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With that win the city is moving forward hoping to garner more praise and more awards for city water.

City officials say crews will be upgrading the traffic signal heads at the intersection from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm Wednesday.

If your commute takes you down Washington Avenue you might want to avoid a section of the road this week.

As always, the schedule for this type of project is subject to change daily dependent on weather, equipment failure, and emergencies."

The city refuse department won't be working on Thanksgiving but garbage pick-up service will resume Friday. If your garbage day is Thursday it will instead be collected Friday, November 29. Garbage pick-up scheduled for Friday will be collected on Saturday, November 30th.

City and county leaders say the property Northeast of the city sewage treatment plant and close to the Yakima Greenway pathway is the best area and that they'll use landscaping and rules to mitigate impacts to the area from homelessness.

The other project is on a section of D Street for part of each day on Tuesday, November 13th and Wednesday, November 14th.

Several roads in the southeast section of Yakima, including multiple side streets of Fair Avenue, along with roads in the northwest section of the city, including side streets off of 85th Avenue, will be the focus of the chip sealing program this week.

The District No. 1 clean-up’s boundaries are areas east of North 1st Street and east of North Front Street.

The forums will provide opportunities for community members to share their concerns about public safety issues and provide input about potential solutions.