Crews will be working this weekend to remove old pavement and rebuild Airport Way South between 6th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. To do that, the intersection of Airport Way South and 6th Ave South must be completely closed. Planned work hours are from 7 p.m. tonight to 7 p.m…. [ Keep reading ]
As you think about which houses in your neighborhood will have the best Halloween Lights or Treats; you can also use our new walking maps to help you plan your route. The Seattle Walking mapwas designed to help you choose a walking route that best suits your interests and fitness… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle is pleased to announce the selection of Central Waterfront Partners as the project management/engineering team for Seattle’s Central Waterfront project. This project management/ engineering team will now combine with our recently selected design team, headed by james corner field operations, to jointly design and build the… [ Keep reading ]
Tuesday evening, at the first public open house for the very early in design Mercer West project, 155 people signed in and brought their questions and comments. After signing in, attendees gathered near a looping 3-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation to gain a general understanding of the project, before moving on… [ Keep reading ]
With all the hoopla surrounding the September 8th groundbreaking of the Mercer Corridor Project, lovingly referred to as Mercer East, you may not have picked up on the details of the Mercer West Project. The Mercer West Project would complete the City’s vision for a direct, two-way connection between I-5… [ Keep reading ]
Golden (i.e. color only, not karat-rated) shovels dug in yesterday morning, amid rain and a solid crowd. In attendance were Mayor Mike McGinn, Senator Patty Murray, Governor Chris Gregoire, Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Representative Jim McDermott and approximately 125 people in all. The $160 million contract made up of… [ Keep reading ]
The contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct will do overnight work every night except for Sunday night, between September 7 and September 17, positioning cranes and installing girders. The work requires the complete closure of Fourth Avenue South between eastbound Spokane… [ Keep reading ]
The NE 45th Viaduct, which closed on June 14th to replace the west approach of the bridge structure, is on target to make the September 10 completion deadline, with great progress to note. The Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall structure was completed on August 9th; the new cement concrete roadway surface that… [ Keep reading ]
Airport Way Phase II just started August 9th and crews are already set to finish the concrete pour from Royal Brougham to S Plummer. This weekend the southbound lanes get poured (last weekend crews poured the northbound lanes). On Saturday, August 21st at 7:00 a.m. the work begins and crews will work around-the-clock (FYI, nosiest… [ Keep reading ]
The USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released a report that reviewed the safety record of lane reduction projects in California, Washington and Iowa. Their analysis confirms that lane reduction projects calm traffic and reduce traffic collisions. And the FHWA report also confirms that rechannelizations don’t adversely impact roadway capacity. It states,… [ Keep reading ]
