West Seattle Tuesday: Arbor Heights/Roxhill merger meeting; California SW paving; more

Thanks to Doug B for sharing photos of the submarine seen off West Seattle shores early today (see another, larger image on his Flickr page). Meantime, from the new-look-new-features WSB West Seattle Events calendar, some of what’s up today (follow the link to the calendar page for even more happenings for today/tonight):

ROAD WORK TRAFFIC ALERTS: Once again tonight, the westbound Spokane Street Viaduct is scheduled to be closed 10 pm-5 am (Wednesday night too), and that means drivers cannot exit to the West Seattle Bridge from I-5 or Beacon Hill. The city rundown of the closure(s) is here. … And this is the day that SDOT is starting to repave a block-plus of California SW from Hudson to Dawson – we just checked with Marybeth Turner from SDOT and she confirms (from the scene!) that the work has begun.

CYCLE UNIVERSITY’S NEW LOCATION: Per the announcement published here last month, they’re scheduled to open their bigger new digs on Harbor Avenue SW (just south of ActivSpace) today. Here are their hours. (3418 Harbor Avenue SW)

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP: Monthly meeting at Providence Mount St. Vincent, 2:30 pm – our calendar listing has more info. (4831 California SW)

PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: You’re invited to come tour West Seattle Christian Preschool on the northeast edge of The Junction and meet the staff. 5-7 pm. (4425 41st SW)

WINE TASTING: Special Tuesday tasting, 6-7:30 pm, at Bin 41 in The Junction, with James Cahill of Soter Vineyards in Oregon. (4707 California SW)

MERGE ARBOR HEIGHTS/ROXHILL ELEMENTARIES? It’s one possibility the district is floating as the BEX IV levy planning moves to a more intense stage, and school-community members want to talk about it publicly before the official BEX IV feedback meeting later this week. So tonight at 7, there’s a community meeting – “ALL community members welcome,” as one parent put it in a reminder note to us this morning – in the AH cafeteria. Here’s the original announcement we published a few days ago. (3701 SW 104th)

WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL PTSA MEETING: 7 pm tonight in the school library. More info on the WSHS PTSA website. (3000 California SW)

7 Replies to "West Seattle Tuesday: Arbor Heights/Roxhill merger meeting; California SW paving; more"

  • Al April 3, 2012 (9:48 am)

    There was a funky detour this morning at Spokane/E. Marginal. Those traveling south on E. Marginal were routed through what was a “staging” area at the NW corner of the intersection. It was creating quite a mess and made it very difficult for cyclists exiting the temporary path that exits right at the new merge point.
    http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/spokanestreet.htm
    There will be a 24/7 round-the-clock partial intersection closure at East Marginal Way S and S Spokane Street in order for concrete paving of the intersection. The northern half of the intersection will be closed the first two weeks, during which time the northbound traffic will be routed underneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Northbound traffic wishing to turn west at S Spokane Street will be U-turned further north in order to reach Harbor Island and/or West Seattle. (Eastbound lower S Spokane Street will remain open.) Southbound traffic will take a short detour to the west before returning to southbound East Marginal Way S.

    • WSB April 3, 2012 (9:56 am)

      Thanks for the on-the-ground reports. The city links include some surface closures/detours most of the time but we can’t highlight them all … so we just hit the biggies … and of course the city has warned that some stuff comes up at the project sites and can’t be warned about ahead of time ..

  • Triangle Neighbor April 3, 2012 (10:38 am)

    Cycle University, please pick up your abandoned sign you have stored at the gas station car wash bay next door. It would be neighborly of you to clean up the bay area once the sign is removed.

  • enviromaven April 3, 2012 (11:30 am)

    Do subs ply the waters off WS regularly? It’s always a little startling when they surface, but maybe more routine than not?

  • coolie April 3, 2012 (6:31 pm)

    So any followers of Navy ship movements know which this is? From the profile looks like a Seawolf or Virginia class, i.e. something a little more interesting than the standard Los Angeles or Ohio class. I think all 3 Seawolfs are based here @ Bangor. Any ideas? Inquiring minds want to know.

  • shopper April 3, 2012 (6:51 pm)

    when I saw the sub this AM it had 3 or 4 (don’t remember) smaller ships following in a line. I was on Marine View so it was hard to tell at that distantce. No mistaking it was a sub though!

  • Tracy White April 3, 2012 (10:16 pm)

    @ Coolio
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    US Subs hardly ever carry any distinguishing marks, and they’re similar enough that IDing individual units is next to impossible without some sleuthing.
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    One that does stand out, if you can catch her, is the Jimmy carter. She’s longer than the others due to some extra goodies put inside for her mission as a spy sub.

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