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Travel advisory | Overnight lane reductions on Alaskan Way Between Columbia and Madison streets begin tonight, Tuesday, February 21

February 21, 2023

Blog stats: 500 words | 3-minute read Construction of the new Marion Street Pedestrian Bridge has progressed to a point where construction workers can remove the temporary “falsework” support structure on Alaskan Way. Starting overnight tonight, Tuesday, February 21, workers will begin removal of the falsework and columns that have… Filed Under: SDOT, Traffic and Construction, Travel AdvisoryTagged With: Construction, lane reductions, marion street, overnight, pedestrian bridge, progress, Waterfront Seattle

Construction on Pike and Pine street improvements begins this week!

February 17, 2023

Blog stats: 1,000 words | 5-minute read Quick link: Sign up to receive Waterfront Seattle’s Pike Pine weekly construction email to stay up to date on the project and what to expect during construction. Pike Pine Streetscape and Bicycle Improvements Project, part of the Waterfront Seattle Program, is starting construction… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: connectivity, Construction, groundbreaking, mobility, pike and pine, pike street, Pine Street, safety, Waterfront Seattle

We filled 23,000 potholes last year. Thank you for your patience as we continue to fix many more each day.

February 16, 2023

Blog stats: 1,000 words | 6-minute read At-a-glance: It’s not your imagination, there were more potholes than usual last year. In 2022 our crews filled 23,000 potholes. That’s 50% more potholes than we filled in 2021, and the highest number of potholes in the past 5 years. 2023 has also… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Involvement, SDOT, Staff Highlights, Traffic and Construction, Winter WeatherTagged With: community input, pothole response, potholes, reporting, streets, winter weather

Best of the Month | Spokane St Swing Bridge emergency response, free ORCA cards for Seattle Housing Authority residents, and more!

February 8, 2023

Blog stats: 1,200 words | 8-minute read In case you missed it, we’re sharing highlights from the SDOT Blog each month. Here are some of our top posts from January. 1) Spokane St Swing Bridge is now reopen following successful repairs and testing After the major ice event in late-December,… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Pedestrians, SDOT, Staff Highlights, Traffic and Construction, Transit, Winter WeatherTagged With: best of the month, blog posts, highlights, recap, stories

The Waterfront’s Overlook Walk project construction soars to new heights!

February 2, 2023

Blog stats: 950 words | 5-minute read At-a-glance: Along the waterfront, much has changed since last summer, when the Waterfront Seattle team first began construction of the Overlook Walk project. With many new elements of the waterfront currently under construction within previously existing work areas, it could be easy to… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Involvement, SDOT, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: Construction, overlook walk, photos, progress update, project, videos, Waterfront Seattle

West Marginal Way SW Safety Corridor Improvements – A Data-Driven Safety Project

January 30, 2023

Blog stats: 1,200 words | 7-minute read Editor’s Note (March 27, 2023): Project construction is scheduled to begin in early-April. For more information, please visit the project web page or read this construction notice. At-a-glance: Through collaboration with the community, we identified safety improvements on West Marginal Way SW as… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Biking, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: biking, corridor, driving, Freight, project, Rolling, safety, Walking, west marginal way sw

Check out our final quarterly report for Reconnect West Seattle – Quarter 4, 2022

January 20, 2023

Blog stats: 700 words | 4-minute read Since March 2020, we have completed 63 of the 70 projects identified in the Reconnect West Seattle Implementation Plan. We have completed 56 of the 64 Home Zone project elements in South Park, Highland Park, and Georgetown. And we have completed 319 traffic… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Involvement, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Traffic and Construction, West Seattle BridgeTagged With: Home Zones, mobility, quarterly report, Reconnect West Seattle, safety, traffic mitigation

Spokane St Swing Bridge is now reopen following successful repairs and testing

January 13, 2023

Editor’s Note (1/13/2023 at 2PM): We updated this blog post to reflect the bridge reopening to the traveling public on Friday afternoon, Jan. 13. Summary: Related posts: Following successful repairs and testing of the Spokane St Swing Bridge (low bridge), the bridge has reopened today, Friday, Jan. 13. Crews removed… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Biking, News Release, Pedestrians, SDOT, Traffic and Construction, Travel AdvisoryTagged With: Low Bridge, reopening, repairs, Spokane St Swing Bridge, testing, update

Best of the Year | SDOT’s 2022 Highlights!

January 11, 2023

Blog stats: 1,700 words | 10-minute read 2022 was a significant year for Team SDOT. From welcoming a new Director and re-opening the West Seattle Bridge, to delivering voter-approved Levy to Move Seattle-funded projects, to returning to in-person outreach and events, and planning the future of transportation in Seattle, our… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Accessibility, Biking, Community Involvement, Funding & Levies, Move Seattle, Pedestrians, Safety, SDOT, Staff Highlights, Traffic and Construction, Transit, Vision Zero, West Seattle BridgeTagged With: 2022, best of the year, highlights, recap, SDOT

Over the weekend, we removed the damaged Spokane St Swing Bridge hydraulic cylinder; Bridge repair work is continuing this week

January 11, 2023

Summary: Related posts: Crews worked hard over the weekend and successfully removed a damaged hydraulic turning cylinder inside the Spokane St Swing Bridge. This represents a significant step forward in the repair effort. It allows us to test temporarily operating the bridge on one turning cylinder, replace hydraulic power unit… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Biking, Busses, SDOT, Traffic and ConstructionTagged With: detours, Low Bridge, repairs, Spokane St Swing Bridge, update, work

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