Major affordable housing development, new gas station, fiery crash: June 26 roundup

Thurston County news Friday included an update on a major affordable housing project, a long-disputed Lacey development breaking ground and a serious crash that shut down Yelm Highway.

Here are key takeaways:

• South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity is building a 112-unit neighborhood at 3900 Boulevard Road SE in Olympia, with a total project cost of about $60.5 million.
• Construction has finally started on Meridian Market & Gas, a convenience store and gas pumps proposal at Willamette Drive Northeast and Campus Glen Drive Northeast in Lacey, first proposed in 2022.
• A single-vehicle crash on Yelm Highway Southeast near Southworth Elementary School left a man with serious injuries Friday afternoon after his vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames, forcing a highway closure.

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