Fall arrived this past week right on schedule with cooler temperatures, shorter days and rain. While it has been a long and lovely summer there is still a lot of work to be completed. Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) crews are working against the clock to wrap up their work for the year.
Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation initiative crews have been busy with lots of construction that will continue deep into the fall. SDOT crews are working to finish up more than 17 lane miles of paving, construct 7 blocks of new sidewalk, install 150 new curb ramps, repair 25 blocks of sidewalk, install 4 miles of greenways, replace 1,250 new street name signs, plant 500 trees, implement 45 crossing improvements and complete 190 bridge maintenance requests. As our crews complete their work plans for 2014, they are starting to look ahead and plan for 2015.
The end of summer saw SDOT complete its work on eight Safe Routes to School projects, the installation of 2441 new regulatory signs, three new stairways rehabilitated and the installation of 45 pedestrian countdown signals.
Before and after
It has been a very busy year for BTG and SDOT crews! The arrival of fall as the days get shorter and darker please remember there is still a lot of work to be wrapped up before the end of 2014, please slow down and watch for SDOT crews doing this work to make Seattle a little easier to get around.
For more information on the BTG program please visit the web page.