Big changes are happening at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, or CHOP (formerly known as CHAZ – Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone).
All morning starting around 7 a.m. Tuesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Seattle Fire Department have been trucking out orange barricades, and moving concrete barricades.
The changes will partially open up some roads around the access zone for residents, delivery drivers, and emergency vehicles.
Front loaders moved concrete barricades scrawled with messages like “FREE CAP HILL” all morning.
The changes are something some protesters say they worked with the city to make.