Slight change in plans so I wanted to make sure everybody saw this. But seems like great news to me. Finishing sooner and not in the middle of the week. –Phillip
Just a quick update on the latest paving news. The final paving of NE 125th Street and Roosevelt Way NE between 5th and 23rd Avenues NE will be done tomorrow night, Saturday 9/7(weather permitting) starting at 6PM and finishing Sunday morning.
Rainfall prevented this work from taking place last night and tonight as planned, but the weekend’s forecast is clear, so crews are going to work rather than enjoy what may be the last warm dry weekend this year.
Paving this weekend means we’ll finish sooner and in just one night rather than two by starting at 6PM rather than at 8PM and working – if needed – into what would otherwise be morning commute hours. And the traffic control will come down, and the striping be placed, just that much sooner.
| ART BROCHETCapital Projects CoordinatorSeattle Department of TransportationCapital Projects & Roadway Structures Division700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3900
PO Box 34996 Seattle, WA 98124-4996 |
| 206-615-0786 (Tel) |
| http://www.seattle.gov |
Would anyone be interested in speaking to me about returning NE 125th to a four-lane street?
With all due respect to former Mayor McGinn, the changes made to NE 125th St (as well as to some other streets, such as Nickerson Street N.) resulted in the problems that many of us predicted before the change was initiated: longer lines of traffic, more aggressive rather than less aggressive driving, no real increase in bicycle traffic and a worthless turn lane taking up valuable space in the middle of the road.
I am a bike rider myself, but I am still opposed to these well-meaning, but ineffective and inefficient attempts at social engineering.
To be fair, it’s a Greg Nickels (or older) project, not Mike McGinn. This one just got implemented during McGinn’s term after years of studies by SDOT.
And personally, I really like the changes. I’ve seen less aggressive driving. And MUCH slower speeds. Especially at the extreme end. And the studies have shown that there are less accidents. And with the slower speeds, the accidents would tend to be more survivable. I also like the bike lane not for bikes but for a buffer between me and those cars on the sidewalk.
Also, while there are longer lines of traffic at times, the numbers I’ve seen don’t seem to result in slower travel times for the most part. At least not in any meaningful way. And I don’t think cars should have the right to speed at the rates they were just to get someplace a few seconds quicker at the expense of safety in the neighborhood.