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Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews focused on sidewalk restoration on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Mercer Street as well as pavement installation on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Aloha Street. Activities this week included:

Paving, Paving, Everywhere Paving!

Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation Initiative, since 2007more than 170 lane-miles of arterial roadway have been repaved or reconstructed across the city,. Roadways that have seen major repaving include Airport Way S, 15th Avenue NE, Dexter Avenue N, Columbian Way S, First Avenue S, Fourth Avenue S,… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will focus on sidewalk restoration on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Mercer Street as well as pavement installation on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Aloha Street.  Activities this week include:

Great turn-out for 23rd Avenue community meeting

  It may have been a Saturday and the weather may have been half-way decent, but that didn’t keep neighborhood residents from attending an open house on March 2nd at the Garfield Community Center.  Some 80 interested citizens showed up to hear about the scope… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Wrap-Up

This week, crews focused on sidewalk restoration on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Mercer Street as well as pavement installation on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Aloha Street.  Activities this week included:

Daylight savings is coming! Pull out those walking shoes and get ready for longer days!

As we move from winter to spring and the days get longer folks are looking forward to getting outside and getting active once again.  It’s a great time of year, with warmer and sometimes sunnier days, for kids to walk or bike to school.   Thanks to Bridging the Gap (BTG),… [ Keep reading ]

Fuel usage goes down – $avings go up!

The Seattle Department of Transportation is on a mission to reduce its impact on the environment and just one of the many tactics being implemented is reducing fuel usage.  By saving fuel, the department not only reduces the release of carbon into the air and its subsequent impact on the… [ Keep reading ]

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews will focus on sidewalk restoration on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Mercer Street as well as pavement installation on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Aloha Street. Activities this week include:

Mercer Corridor Project (East Phase)
Weekly Construction Preview

This week, crews are focusing on concrete pavement installation on Fairview Avenue N between Valley Street and Mercer Street and sidewalk restoration on Fairview Avenue N between Harrison Street and Mercer Street. Activities this week include:

Why did the chicken cross the road…oh wait!

Did you know that the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is working to make it easier and safer to cross the road?  Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) transportation initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, funding is available to remark crosswalks, make needed crossing improvements, install new signage… [ Keep reading ]