Congratulations to Sanislo Elementary

pedsign.jpgSanislo Elementary has just made it onto the city Department of Transportation “Safe Routes to School” project list, two months after students appeared with council members discussing the Pedestrian Safety Initiative along Delridge (WSB video coverage here). Here’s the full announcement, just out of the WSB inbox, which also mentions the sidewalk work under way for the Arbor Heights Elementary area:

City Announces 2008 Safe Routes to School Sites

Seattle Department of Transportation to Enhance Students’ Safety near
Five Schools

SEATTLE— The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced
today the school sites where work will occur for the 2008 Safe Routes to
School program. The schools selected were Broadview-Thomson Elementary,
Summit K-12, Gatzert Elementary, Sanislo Elementary, and Dunlap
Elementary. Each site will receive approximately $70,000 from Bridging
the Gap funds for built improvements, such as sidewalks, as well as for
extra safety education and enforcement efforts.

“As part of our commitment to enhancing pedestrian and bicycle safety
citywide, we are pleased to announce our Safe Routes to School sites for
2008,” said SDOT Director Grace Crunican. “Work this year will
build on the program’s 2007 successes, which enhanced safety for
children walking and biking to Northgate Elementary and Arbor Heights
Elementary. This Bridging the Gap program helps protect children going
to and from schools and is a vital part of making Seattle walkable and
bikeable for all generations.”

The Safe Routes to School program improves pedestrian and bicycle
safety near schools through education, encouragement, enforcement, and
engineering efforts. The Bridging the Gap transportation levy provides
nearly $2 million a year for safety initiatives like Safe Routes to
School and new sidewalk construction. In 2007, as part of Bridging the
Gap, SDOT built 13 new blocks of sidewalks and repaired the equivalent
of 14 blocks.

The Northgate Elementary project installed sidewalks on First Avenue
Northeast between North 117th Street and North 120th Street. The road
near the school now has a designated walkway, where none existed before,
and should encourage children and other residents in the area to walk
and bike more.

Phase I of the Arbor Heights Elementary project, along Southwest 104th
Street, installed curbs and gutters to prevent vehicles from parking on
the current asphalt walkway, which often discouraged children from
walking to school. Phase II began on January 7th and will feature a new
concrete sidewalk leading to school property, new curb ramps at 39th
Avenue Southwest, and rehabilitation of the existing asphalt walkway.

The Seattle Department of Transportation builds, maintains and operates
Seattle’s $8 billion transportation infrastructure. To further Mayor
Nickels’ goal to get Seattle moving, the department manages short- and
long-term investments in streets, bridges, pavement and trees, that
better connect the city with the region.

1 Reply to "Congratulations to Sanislo Elementary"

  • Ken February 1, 2008 (12:50 pm)

    Just a note for the locals. Did you know that the area known as “snake hill” (Brandon and 30th between Juneau and Delridge way is listed on the “Safe Routes to School” map? So try to avoid those kids in black clothing walking in the street since there is not only no sidewalk,and no lines on the pavement, but no shoulder between 30th and brandon and 26th ave SW.
    You can thank the property owners on either side of the street.
    That would be:
    Camp Long (city owned), The West Seattle Golf course (city owned) and the CITY OF SEATTLE PARKS DEPT.

    It must be safe. It’s on the map

    It is also the only route to the 120 bus for residents of highpoint.

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