Neighborhood Park & Street Fund: See the final list of which West Seattle projects got $

Thanks to Southwest District Council co-chair David Whiting (president of the Admiral Neighborhood Association) for sharing the city’s announcement confirming which Neighborhood Park & Street Fund projects are funded for this year. See the full list of projects citywide here; below, see the excerpts showing West Seattle projects (the city considers WS to be two neighborhood districts, Southwest and Delridge):

The citywide total for all projects funded this year is almost $2 million. In some cases, the grant money is applied to a larger project – for example, this will be the case with the Boren crosswalks, a project confirmed earlier this month. We don’t have full details on all the projects but they will certainly be topics at the respective district council meetings, including Delridge, 7 pm tonight at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (as previewed in our daily highlights list).

P.S. A similar amount, about $2 million, is set aside for this year’s NPSF – and the application deadline is approaching.

Heather January 22, 2015 (8:15 am)

The cost always takes me by surprise – $104k for a sidewalk repair… $90k for a crosswalk… phew! I know more is involved than I realize but still.

WSRedux January 22, 2015 (9:25 am)

Would like to see a detailed breakdown of the cost of some of these projects. Also some bids, if the projects were open to bids or what figures an independent audit would look like.

WSB January 22, 2015 (9:28 am)

The bids are up to SDOT to pursue IF they are not being done with in-house crews – these are “small” enough that I suspect the latter is usually the case. You can watch the city system for outside bids. Regarding the detailed breakdown, I believe SDOT evaluates once it gets community proposals.

Mickymse January 22, 2015 (4:08 pm)

That’s because the average citizen thinks the City can just go out an “slap some paint on the road” or “mix up some concrete and pour it down the block.” Unfortunately, there’s much more involved in properly engineering street projects and/or making sure they last a long time and/or require less maintenance.

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