Iron Gate Partners, L.L.C. v. Department of Transportation

Iron Gate Partners sued the Washington State Department of Transportation for a writ of mandamus. It claimed that the Department could not lawfully erect a traffic control device in front of its abutting property without giving it notice and an opportunity to be heard. The superior court rejected its claim, as we do also.

Iron Gate owns property on the west side of a “T” intersection formed by State Route 503 and Northeast 79th Street. SR 503 runs north and south, while N.E. 79th Street runs east and west. N.E. 79th runs east but not west from SR 503. Less than a quarter mile north, SR 503…