Ready, Set, Go! We reached a big milestone on March 5, when the City Council authorized execution of the construction contract for the First Hill Streetcar project (Ordinance 117387). SDOT then moved forward with several other smaller project milestones including issuance of Notice to Proceed to the streetcar manufacturer and… [ Keep reading ]
The contractor for the project, Kiewit-Massman, has completed the in-water construction work on time, given that the fish window (which started on August 1) ended on February 15. Did you know? 6,000 tons of contaminated sediment were excavated! If you’d like to see a summary of the caisson construction work… [ Keep reading ]
The City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is a citywide effort to end institutionalized racism and race-based disparities in City government. In the month of February, SDOT is sharing stories of some of the projects and programs we are working on to achieve racial equity in our community. Our… [ Keep reading ]
(Blog updated: 3/9/12) The City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is a citywide effort to end institutionalized racism and race-based disparities in City government. In the month of February, SDOT is sharing stories of some of the projects and programs we are working on to achieve racial equity in… [ Keep reading ]
The City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is a citywide effort to end institutionalized racism and race-based disparities in City government. In the month of February, SDOT is sharing stories of some of the projects and programs we are working on to achieve racial equity in our community. Every… [ Keep reading ]
The City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) is a citywide effort to end institutionalized racism and race-based disparities in City government. In the month of February, SDOT will be sharing stories of some of the projects and programs we are working on to achieve racial equity in our community…. [ Keep reading ]
The Mercer Corridor Project met a major milestone on Sunday, January 29th as the “Mercer Switch” began and eastbound traffic on Mercer Street shifted to the new lanes north of the existing lanes. The old Mercer Street has now been shut down and the project team is working diligently to… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle is committed to ensuring that everyone in our community has equal access to jobs and contracting opportunities. To help achieve that goal, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Elliott Bay Seawall Project is expanding its efforts to connect women’s, minority, small, disadvantaged, and disabled veterans’ businesses with… [ Keep reading ]
It has been two weeks since the tolling on SR-520 has taken effect and SDOT engineers are still monitoring traffic very closely. Initially, traffic on SR-520 decreased by 40% while I-90 and SR-522 increased by 11% and 10% respectively. The expectation is that traffic patterns will change day to day… [ Keep reading ]
So far so good. Since tolling on the SR 520 floating bridge began last week, SDOT has monitored both the highways and city streets, particularly Lake City Way, for altered traffic patterns resulting from the new toll system. Our traffic engineers have noticed that SR 520 was lighter and I… [ Keep reading ]
