Windstorm effects linger as 2-mile section of Preston-Snoqualmie Trail remains closed

Nearly two miles of King County's 5 1/2;-mile-long Preston-Snoqualmie Trail will remain closed for possibly two more months while repairs are made to power lines that were damaged during last December's windstorm.

The trail is closed from the access point at Southeast 87 th Place and 306 th Avenue Southeast to the intersection with the Preston-Fall City Road at Southeast 65 th.

County trails managers posted closure signs at both ends of the section that contains the downed power transmission lines, which are owned and maintained by Puget Sound Energy. The lines were knocked down onto the trail during the powerful windstorm that swept through the region in mid December.

The remaining 3.41 miles of the trail is open above its intersection with the Preston-Fall City Road. More information about King County's trail system is available at www.metrokc.gov/parks/trails on the Internet.

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