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This is Seattle Now.

I'm Paige Browning with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Thursday, January 15th. Seattle's new mayor is making news again this week on two

hot topics. First, homeless encampments. Mayor Katie Wilson has delayed the removal of one of Ballard's most visible

homeless encampments. The residents have been given notice to leave by Friday, but Wilson says in a

statement the delay is to allow more time to find out if people living there can be offered space inside.

The Seattle Times reports that Wilson visited the encampment yesterday morning.

17 tents are clustered off the Burke Gilman Trail near Learyway. Wilson's office says soon she'll

announce concrete steps to quickly expand shelter. Also today, Mayor Wilson committed to a fan favorite

among bus riders. She says she'll put a bus lane on

Dennyway in downtown Seattle, all to fix Metro's Route 8, aka the late. Her executive order today is aimed

at addressing the congested roadway that's notorious for making the 8 late. We spoke with commuter Nick Sattily last year

after he started lobbying Metro to speed up this route. Here's what he told us then.

Route 8 is the number one least reliable route in the King County Metro system. At rush hour,

buses are only 30% on time. That's within five minutes of the schedule. And then speeds are at like

two to three miles an hour on Jenny way. You know, that's slower than walking. Wilson has set an

April 1st deadline for a budget and project timeline. To the environment today, the largest

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