We are still pursuing comment from opponents but wanted to pass this along before too much more time passed by; at the end of last week, we checked with the city Transportation Department regarding the status of the controversial Alki Point sidewalk project. (We hadn’t had official updates since April, after a city-organized meeting ended with some opponents threatening to sue.) Here’s what SDOT communications chief Rick Sheridan tells WSB:

The city remains fully committed to completing the Alki Avenue Sidewalk project. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is moving forward with a design that maintains existing traffic conditions and provides accessible sidewalks for the entire project area using public right of way. We are still planning to begin construction as of spring/summer 2009. Sam Woods, the project manager, will be visiting the Alki Community Council in the near future to discuss input gathered from the neighborhood and outstanding design details. If citizens still have concerns about the project, they are welcome to share that with Ms. Woods via e-mail at: Sandra.Woods@Seattle.Gov

Sheridan also reiterated that the “one-way” option that seemed DOA at the April 2nd meeting remains out of the picture.