Tell me about Gold Bar area....is it flood prone?

[grafikfeats]

Did your son ever buy in Gold Bar? My house value doubled here in Gold Bar since your post. That said the flooding up here in GB is spotty... It's worse downstream from Sultan on down...

[Autolearys]

I used to live in washington most of my life and the easiest way to tell if your in a flood zone is usually only if your directly on the river or very near. If your far enough away from river your good. Goldbar is a smaller town but very close to Monroe which is a decent size city with many stores for convience.

[MechAndy]

Don’t forget to allow for flood zone insurance into your payment budget.
Your mortgage company will require it and it isn’t cheap.
We paid it for 30 years without ever getting flooded.
Money could have been better spent toward a children’s education fund but no.

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Hwy 2 is bad. Like, really bad. Two lanes from Gold Bar to Monroe. At Monroe there is some highway improvements that can lead to better access. I think you are dealing with a rapidly expanding population with little highway improvement, So the good deals on real estate are negated by trying to get anywhere fast.

Yep.

SR 522 has been named as one of the most dangerous highways in the United States by Reader's Digest in 1995 and Forbes in 2007, among other lists...[74][75]

In response to the crashes on SR 522, local residents organized a grassroots campaign (named "Citizens Rallying for a Safer Highway") to petition the state for safety improvements and a highway widening. In 1993, the state legislature allocated $180 million (equivalent to $293 million in 2019 dollars)[57] in funding towards a five-stage widening project, but the funds were transferred to the general fund at the behest of Governor Mike Lowry.[77] The 1994 supplemental transportation budget included $2 million for engineering studies on SR 522, with construction of a four-lane freeway funded through other means.[78] State lawmakers recommended tolling SR 522 to pay off construction bonds,[79] but the plan was pulled back after opposition from local residents.[73]

Existing state funds were used for the first stages of the SR 522 corridor project, including the addition of median rumble strips and improved pavement markers in 1995, which helped reduce head-on collisions.[80]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washin...tate_Route_522

Could work if not commuting 4-5 days a week.

[pnwguy2]

As others have posted, US 2 is a bottleneck. They have tried roundabouts and other weak improvements but the bottom line is this highway needs freeway status and a major improvement. The population requires this.