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NE 115th St Sidewalk Construction Update

Construction has begun for the new sidewalk on NE 115th St between 5th and 7th Ave NE! In the past month, crews have been preparing the right of way and have added a new storm drain at the corner of 5th and 115th.

Today, excavation and regrading began, and the new curb and sidewalk will […]

NE 115th St Sidewalk Update

Seattle Department of Transportation has completed the 100% design for the new sidewalk on NE 115th St between 5th Ave NE and 7th Ave NE.

NE 115th – 5th to 7th – 100% Sidewalk Plan 1 NE 115th – 5th to 7th – 100% Sidewalk Plan 2

The sidewalk will be on the south […]

NDC Meeting and Neighborhood Project Fund

There’s a meeting coming up which will include some discussion of the Neighborhood Project Fund. The deadline for projects is coming up quickly and ideally everything would be in by the March 2nd North District Council meeting so it could be discussed there. The meeting is open the whole community and I’ve included some info […]

A sidewalk is coming to NE 115th St!

The City of Seattle has announced the list of 20 projects that have been awarded funds form the Neighborhood Projects Fund. We were awarded $81,000 for an asphalt walkway between 5th and 7th. Hopefully we can have more built soon through future rounds of funding!

A project manager from SDOT will be calling us in […]

Walk Bike Ride (+Streets For All Seattle) Video

Here’s a video about Walk Bike Ride and Streets for all Seattle which you can also hear about at our upcoming Community Meeting on Thursday. (See my subtle reference there?) It covers the issue from a variety of viewpoints around the city (including many areas that already have lots of sidewalks and infrastructure […]

Northgate Fifth Ave NE Traffic Changes

Before I scare everybody too much, I should add to this that these changes are apparently only temporary. They’re going to be in place for the next 40 days or so during the construction period.

SDOT is making street improvements on Fifth Avenue NE in the Northgate neighborhood, including new stamped concrete crosswalks along all […]

Walk Bike Ride Ballots Online

The Walk Bike Ride Ballot is now available online. You can either fill it out online or print it out and return it to the Mayor’s office. The ballots are also available at the community meetings that I mentioned earlier. The Bitter Lake meeting was tonight (anybody attend?) and there will be one in Northgate […]

Walk Bike Ride: Community Meetings

June 21st, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Northgate Community Center. There are four upcoming Walk Bike Ride community meetings including one in our neighborhood. This will be a good time to share the priorities for our neighborhood. For example, would more sidewalks make it easier to get to the bus? It might be […]

Northgate, Fifth Ave NE Improvements, Phase II

From SDOT Traffic Advisory:

Work to transform Fifth Avenue NE in Northgate, into a safe, pedestrian-friendly street that accommodates all types of transportation, continues this year. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is now set to begin construction May 24th on pedestrian improvements at Fifth Ave NE and NE 112th St.

Crews will […]

Mayor Anounces Walk Bike Ride

I’m a bit slow here but the information on the mayor’s Walk, Bike, Ride proposal has gone out. And while it deals with the whole city obviously, this is something that could have a tremendous impact on some of the local priorities like sidewalks.

Posted by Phillip | May 12th, 2010 | Category: Biking, Mass Transit, McGinn, Sidewalks | 2 comments