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King Street Station Secures Another Grant!

  On the heels of yesterday’s announcement that the station would receive $18.3 million for renovation and upgrade work, today we learned that King Street Station has been awarded a $2.5 million grant for energy efficiency improve- ments. These funds will allow SDOT to increase the number of geothermal wells being… [ Keep reading ]

Airport Way S & 6th Ave S Intersection Closed This Weekend

Crews will be working this weekend to remove old pavement and rebuild Airport Way South between 6th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. To do that, the intersection of Airport Way South and 6th Ave South must be completely closed. Planned work hours are from 7 p.m. tonight to 7 p.m…. [ Keep reading ]

Dollars for marble, plaster and seismic steel

The US Department of Transportation announced today an $18 million grant award for the restoration of Seattle’s King Street Station. The grant will allow previously unfunded SDOT work to complete much needed seismic upgrades for the whole station including the clock tower, protecting the station from potential earthquakes. It will also… [ Keep reading ]

Trick or Treat with Your Feet

As you think about which houses in your neighborhood will have the best Halloween Lights or Treats; you can also use our new walking maps to help you plan your route. The Seattle Walking mapwas designed to help you choose a walking route that best suits your interests and fitness… [ Keep reading ]

Better Transit Service for Chinatown/ID & Southeast Seattle

In October, Seattle’s Bridging The Gap voter-approved funds partnered with Metro to pay for new service on Metro’s Route 7, a key transit corridor connecting downtown and the Chinatown / International District to neighborhoods throughout southeast Seattle extending to Rainer Beach. Extra bus trips were added in the evening and… [ Keep reading ]

Don’t Miss Our Open House on Wednesday!

Now is your opportunity to view the project concepts for the redesign of Fairview Avenue  E and Fairview Avenue N.  This project will address the safety improvements for the intersection that were identified in the Eastlake Neighborhood Plan.  Thanks to funding from Cheshiahud Loop and the Bridging the Gap Neighborhood… [ Keep reading ]

SDOT Strives to Improve Safety on Aurora

The Aurora Traffic Safety Project is a two year effort to reduce collisions on State Route 99/Aurora Avenue North through short-term, low cost engineering, enforcement, and education efforts.   Since the project was launched in June of 2009, law enforcement has issued more than 10,000 citations, new curb ramps, crosswalks, and signage… [ Keep reading ]

You drive, you walk, take it slow. Help us spread the word.

With the onset of winter weather, vehicle and pedestrian collisions are at their highest, so it’s important to make drivers and walkers more aware of their surroundings.  This holiday season, the Seattle Department of Transportation is looking to raise awareness and greatly reduce the number of vehicle and pedestrian collisions… [ Keep reading ]

Downtown Paving Completed

It’s been a long three-year effort, but the City of Seattle just wrapped up its downtown paving work. SDOT, using more than $80 million in Bridging the Gap (BTG) levy funds, has rebuilt and repaved over that time 101 lane-miles, with 86.5 of those within or leading to downtown. Among the… [ Keep reading ]

A View From the Viaduct

As anyone traveling around the area might have noticed, the Alaskan Way Viaduct was closed during the weekend of October 16 – 17th between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the semiannual inspection of the structure. Crews were able to complete the work early, and re-opened the viaduct just before 1… [ Keep reading ]