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Up to 5-Month closure of eastbound N 105th: Greenwood to Aurora…starting July 25

Yes, the impact is bad – for the first or West Phase of the  N 105th – N/NE Northgate Way Improvement Project crews must close eastbound N 105th between Greenwood Avenue N and Aurora Ave N for up to five months – beginning Thursday, July 25. During that time westbound traffic along… [ Keep reading ]

Is that a new signal?

Thanks to the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Transportation initiative passed by Seattle voters in 2006, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been paving roads, constructing new sidewalks, re-striping arterials, rehabilitating bridges, replacing worn out street name signs, striping bikes and sharrows, repairing sidewalks, pruning and planting trees and… [ Keep reading ]

Delridge Phase 4 Starts July 8 – SW Holden to SW Orchard streets

Work on Delridge Way SW Paving Phase 4, between SW Holden and SW Orchard streets, begins July 8. This segment of work will not require a detour as the roadway is wide enough to maintain one lane of traffic each way. Meanwhile, a detour will still be required through at… [ Keep reading ]

NE 125th Street Repaving Making Headway (or footway)

Work that began just two weeks ago to repave NE 125th Street is already showing results (the good kind, I mean). Besides the necessary but not so welcome barricades, with some keeping traffic from heading east up NE 125th to Sand Point Way, there’s also newly ADA-compliant sidewalks gracing the NE… [ 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

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

Mercer & SR 99 CLOSURES BEGIN TONIGHT…and more to come

We’ve said it was coming but that doesn’t make it any easier…11PM tonight through 5AM Monday, May 20 FULL CLOSURE OF: SR 99-Valley Street to the southern end of the Battery Street Tunnel Mercer Street-Fifth Avenue N to Dexter Avenue N Sidewalks will be closed on both sides of SR 99… [ Keep reading ]

Westlake Cycle Track – Get Ready for the Conversation!

SDOT is excited to announce the kick-off of the Westlake Cycle Track project. This project improves safety for people biking, improves the pedestrian experience, and will be done in coordination with the Ballard to Downtown Seattle Transit Expansion Study, because Westlake is one of the possible corridors being considered for… [ Keep reading ]

Two-Way Mercer Moves Closer to Reality

For decades, the “Mercer Mess” has been one of the City’s most significant transportation challenges.  Each day some 80,000 vehicles, along with growing numbers of pedestrians and bicyclists, enter and exit I-5 at Mercer Street, making it a critical east/west route for keeping people, goods, and services moving.  While eastbound… [ Keep reading ]

Lane Restrictions Are Coming! Lane Restrictions Are Coming!

Okay, so, not the most subtle approach, but you get it…lane restrictions – well, more of them – for the Mercer Corridor Project, begin Monday. The West Phase of the Mercer Corridor Project starts with rebuilding the SR 99 Aurora overpass (no timid start there) and, as we said before, the initial work… [ Keep reading ]