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Nature trail and road lanes in west Olympia to close for hazard tree removal Thursday

A man bikes through West Bay Park.
A man bikes through West Bay Park. Steve Bloom Olympian file photo

A west Olympia road lane and a nature trail will be closed for most of the day Thursday, May 4, while crews remove hazardous trees along West Bay Drive.

According to a news release from the city of Olympia, the southbound lane of West Bay Drive will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a flagger to help guide traffic.

Garfield Nature Trail will be closed while crews are working. The trail serves as a neighborhood connection to West Bay Park. The trailhead is located on West Bay Drive.

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
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