Courtesy of Kate Martin from Greenwood here is some information about development of greenways in a nearby neighborhood. Greenways Planning / Participation There is planning underway city-wide to map Greenways. Greenways are a new (new to Seattle) kind of bike route that is more kid-friendly / family friendly and suitable for older folks as well…
Category Archives: Street Improvements
Road Safety in Seattle
Submit your comments on Road Safety in Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and members of the Seattle City Council have convened a Road Safety Summit to improve safety on our roads and ensure everyone gets where they’re going safely. By the end of the day on November 23rd, go online to http://www.seattle.gov/roadsafety/comments.htm to provide your thoughts…
Neighbors Express Safety Concerns along NW 125th St.
On Oct. 17, 2011 a group of neighbors near NW 125th St. and 8th Ave. NW met with Gary Schimek from Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to express their concerns for pedestrian safety on 125th after SPU recently widened and paved the drainage ditch on the south side of the street. NW 125th Street between 8th Ave. NW…
Oct. 18 Broadview Community Council Meeting : Funding Better, Safer Streets
Would you like better street pavement, sidewalks, and transit and bicycle facilities? That’s what Seattle’s Proposition 1 is about. At the next Broadview Community Council meeting on October 18 we will discuss the opportunity you have to bring them about via Proposition 1. A couple years ago the State Legislature allowed local jurisdictions to create…
Safe Walks to Broadview-Thomson School
Friends, We, Gloria Butts, Member of the Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee for Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake; Kate Martin, Candidate for District 2 of the Seattle Public Schools Board; Kelly Crimmins, Parent of a child at Broadview-Thomson; Carol Mendoza, Assistant Principal at Broadview-Thomson; and I met with Brian Dougherty, Associate Transportation Planner for the Seattle Department of Transportation. We met at…
Feet First blog on Aurora Conditions- Broadview Neighborhood
Friends, Please take the time to open and read this blog on Aurora Avenue North. http://feetfirst.info/blog/neighborhoods-need-citys-support Feet First, folks, Lisa Quinn as leader, has supported all of our efforts to have complete streets in Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake for the last six years. This article believes that we are UPDATING the 1999 plan that places Aurora…
Bitter Lake — Crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation
SDOT Traffic Advisory For immediate release: September 9, 2011 Contact: Marybeth Turner (206) 684-8548 North 125th Street Resurfacing Next Week SEATTLE — Crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation will resurface North 125th Street from North Park Avenue North to Phinney Avenue North in the Bitter Lake neighborhood on September 13 and 14 from 8…
Unearthed Pieces of Aurora History
Our project at 130th and Aurora has been quite interesting. Crews have unearthed pieces of Aurora history on nearly a daily basis. Old signal and street name sign footings, survey benchmarks, and utilities have unexpectedly been found on site. We have had to coordinate the removal of these features with WSDOT and other SDOT crews. …
Speak Up About Transportation Needs
Seattle Department of transportation is sponsoring meetings to gather input from you about transportation needs. The Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee III will hold a workshop at the Fremont Library on May 24 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Mayor McGinn will attend.
Paving on N 105th Tomorrow, April 8th
SDOT Traffic Advisory For immediate release: April 7, 2011 Contact: Marybeth Turner, (206) 684-8548 Paving on N 105th Street Tomorrow SEATTLE—Seattle Department of Transportation paving crews will apply a new layer of asphalt to N 105th from Aurora Avenue N to Linden Avenue N on Friday, April 8, if weather is favorable. They plan…
