Seattle Goes Quiet With State Order Halting Most Construction
- Governor’s memo seeks to clarify work defined as ‘essential’
- City has been one of the busiest for construction in the U.S.
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One of the busiest construction markets in the U.S. is going quiet.
With few exceptions, residential and commercial construction in Seattle and the rest of Washington state must stop for two weeks, according to a memo from the office of Governor Jay Inslee. The document seeks to clarify which work is deemed “essential” under a stay-at-home order he issued this week to slow one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the nation.