Find Posts By Topic

Posts categorized under December 2011 - Page 3 of 3 - SDOT Blog

Archives for December 2011

Buffered Bike Lanes on Dexter

In SDOT’s ongoing effort to install new bicycle routes via the Bicycle Master Plan, we are always looking to improve existing facilities.  Dexter Avenue is one of Seattle’s busiest bike routes and the segment from Denny Way to Mercer Street fit into SDOT’s criteria for adding buffers to the bike lanes. With the additional 2… [ Keep reading ]

Community Members Appreciate New Trees

Community members were dismayed when trees they had planted in 2010 were vandalized, but grateful when the trees were replaced one week later.  On Thursday November 17, SDOT Urban Forestry staff teamed up with students from Ingraham High School to replace the trees, on NW 65th Street between 11th… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer West Project Receives TIB Grant

SDOT received a $5M Urban Corridor Program grant from the State Transportation Improvement Board.  The grant will fund improvements to 5th Avenue North between Thomas and Roy Streets.  The Fifth Avenue North improvements, part of the Mercer West project, will reconstruct and reconfigure intersections and modify signals on Fifth Avenue North at Roy, Mercer,… [ Keep reading ]