Followup: Firm chosen to build Alki Point sidewalks, traffic calming

This past week’s California Place Park meeting reminded us we hadn’t checked lately on another contentious issue we’d covered in Alki Community Center meetings last year — the plan to finish some sidewalk connections around Alki Point and install “traffic calming” measures as part of the project (past coverage includes these reports: 2/08, 4/08). So we called Sandra “Sam” Woods, the SDOT project manager. She says the contract for this project has been awarded – it’s part of a package of “several projects” around the city, to be handled by Construct Co. No date is set yet for construction to start – the “notice to proceed” has to be finalized – but as previously projected, it’s expected this spring/summer, Woods says. She calls the project “terrific” because of components including raised crosswalks at both ends (roughly, 65th/Alki and the start of Beach Drive) as well as work at 63rd/Alki to more clearly direct westbound traffic to turn south on 63rd rather than taking the existing “straight shot” ahead on the nonarterial section of Alki – this map marks those three spots:

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We’ll get a closer look at the specific plans during a walking tour with neighborhood leaders next week; the project’s page on the city website is here.

Diane February 7, 2009 (1:23 pm)

Excellent!!!
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what is a “raised crosswalk”
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funny, I was also thinking about the contentious “sidewalk” meeting during the Cal Place Park meeting
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the sidewalk meeting was also my intro to wsblog; after all the sidewalk protesters left, a police officer spoke re Alki crime; question came up re any update about person shot in car on Admiral; Tracy in back of room spoke up with all the scoop; she knew more than anyone; I was so impressed; continue to be in awe and grateful every day