Road notes: “Dumb detour”; more Alki/Harbor painting tomorrow

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Two road notes tonight: First, Ian (who has an excellent Internet-marketing blog here, also included on the WSB Blogs page), sent us the link to that photo of a sign he spotted earlier today and wondered, “What genius put up this detour sign at the intersection of 35th and Fauntleroy, on the north side? 1. It sends you over the West Seattle Bridge. 2. It blocks people trying to get to Dakota, which IS open. 3. There’s a proper detour sign right after Dakota. If they don’t take it down soon I’m going to move it myself …” Meantime, today’s round of sharrow-and-stripe-painting is over on part of Alki/Harbor Aves; more is ahead for tomorrow (make sure you read those no-parking signs carefully – some were marked for 5 am-3 pm today, some for 5 am-3 pm tomorrow), so if you’re driving to Alki elsewhere, best to seek side-street parking during those hours.

3 Replies to "Road notes: "Dumb detour"; more Alki/Harbor painting tomorrow"

  • flipjack October 11, 2008 (9:40 pm)

    Yeah I saw that this morning trying to take the “fast” route from Gatewood to Adniral. I asked my wife “did you see anythig about that on the WSB?” ANd I was immediately pissed about the retardedness of Detouring you to the West Seattle Bridge. Ha ha..man genius is right!

  • MrJT October 12, 2008 (8:07 am)

    More rocket science from SDOT. Has anyone else noticed that they are now spending money on re-signing their vehicles with the “Bridge the Gap” log and verbiage. Thats an good use of the money…

  • Craig October 12, 2008 (8:37 am)

    I ran into this detour yesterday. The sign placement is not only dumb but dangerous. I was forced into taking an illegal left here. Has anyone else had this problem?

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