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Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews continued to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street, Ninth Avenue North and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street. Crews also continued construction on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between… Filed Under: SDOT

Sidewalk Repairs near Low Income Housing

Seattle’s Pedestrian Master Plan set an ambitious goal: make Seattle the most walkable city in America. Reaching this goal requires a multi-pronged approach, and the first prong you might think of is obvious: fix our broken sidewalks. SDOT’s Sidewalk Safety Repair Program (SSRP) was created to help catch up on… [ Keep reading ]

Draft Seattle Bicycle Master Plan Released

The draft Seattle Bicycle Master Plan is now available online for public comment. It includes City’s vision of making “riding a bicycle a comfortable and integral part of daily life in Seattle for people of all ages and abilities.” The strategies and actions identified in the plan will not only… [ Keep reading ]

Transit – Increasing speed and reliability and improving bus stop facilities

Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been working hard to improve transit across the city.  A Transit Master Plan (TMP) was completed in 2012 and will serve as a long-term guide to help direct… [ Keep reading ]

Connecting downtown neighborhoods and everything in between –

June 6 Open House on the Center City Connector Transit Study Join us Thursday, June 6, 5:30 – 7:30pm at the South Lake Union Discovery Center                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (101 Westlake Ave North, at the corner of Westlake and Denny) Seattle is growing, and so is our appetite for transit. The city’s Transit… [ Keep reading ]

Bertha Up-close and Personal

After eight weeks of heavy lifting and assembly, crews lowered Bertha’s 838-ton cutterhead into the SR 99 tunnel launch pit last Friday. Bertha is the world’s largest tunneling machine. Crews are now working on welding the pieces together, connecting wires and hoses and testing the machine, which will take about… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will continue to work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street, Ninth Avenue North and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street. Crews are also continuing construction on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR… Filed Under: Freight, SDOT

Major portions of Seawall early work are complete!

It’s been a busy eight weeks for the Elliott Bay Seawall Project as we worked on Alaskan Way preparing the area for construction of the new Seawall this fall. If you’re down along the waterfront, you might notice additional on-street parking spaces (28 to be exact) installed for the summer,… [ Keep reading ]

Streetcar Project Holds “Tea with the Contractor” events in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District

SDOT’s First Hill Streetcar Project hosted two “Tea with the Contractor” open houses in the Chinatown-International District on Wednesday and Thursday, May 29 and 30.  The first was at the Asian Resource Center, and the second at Wing Luke Museum. The City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative is playing a… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week crews continued work on underground utilities on Valley Street, Broad Street and Westlake Avenue North, north of Mercer Street. Crews also continued construction on the north side of Mercer Street between Fifth Avenue North and Dexter Avenue North and the east side of SR 99 between Valley… Filed Under: Freight, SDOT