Revised Transportation Levy goes to mayor Wednesday, per SDOT report that also outlines Admiral bike-lane status & more

A revised version of the Transportation Levy to Move Seattle will go to the mayor next Wednesday, according to the report prepared for SDOT director Scott Kubly‘s City Council Transportation Committee briefing a day earlier. The report adds, “Outreach metrics to date include 4,700 survey respondents and over 1,500 people talked to in person through meetings, briefings, and outreach at events like farmers markets.” And in fact, SDOT is scheduled to be at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market again this Sunday (10 am-2 pm, 44th/Alaska), if you have something to say. (Or take the survey ASAP!)

Kubly’s report also includes these notes of West Seattle relevance:

*35th Avenue SW Road Safety Corridor Project: “Final recommendations for 35th will be presented to the community in late May/early June”

*SW Roxbury Street Road Safety Corridor Project: “Staff hosted a lightly attended drop-in session on April 16 … Implementation scheduled to occur starting August 17”

*In a grid laying out upcoming paving work around the city, the only West Seattle spots on the list are two curb-ramp sites on Alki Avenue, scheduled for early May: 1500 and 1700 blocks.

The most detailed West Seattle-related section of the report:

SW Admiral Way (California Ave SW to 63rd Ave SW)
*SDOT staff attended the Admiral Neighborhood Association (ANA) /West Seattle Bike Connections meeting on April 14th

*Plan will accommodate existing maximum on-street parking occupancy

*The community briefing was very well attended and set record ANA attendance.

*Community feedback was mixed:

—-Most of the controversy was about the loss of half the on-street parking between 57th and 60th Ave SW and the number of vehicle run-off collisions with parked cars

—-Some people also expressed support for the project because it will provide a safer, calmer connection between Alki and the California Ave SW business district

*Next steps:

—-SDOT staff will repeat the parking occupancy study when the weather is nice to better capture Alki Beach spillover parking

—-SDOT staff will brief the SW District Council on May 6

—-SDOT staff will host a community open house on May 21

—-Installation planned for August 2015

You can see Kubly’s report in its entirety here (PDF). The presentation is scheduled toward the end of the City Council Transportation Committee meeting at 9:30 am next Tuesday (April 28) and will be live on Seattle Channel (online or on cable).

1 Reply to "Revised Transportation Levy goes to mayor Wednesday, per SDOT report that also outlines Admiral bike-lane status & more"

  • Jackie Ramels April 24, 2015 (8:39 pm)

    I don’t think it’s accurate to say that the meeting at ANA was well-attended. Not counting the ANA regulars, the candidates for District 1 city council and/or their campaign staffers, and the press, there were about 12 people there, and six of these were from the 5700 block of Admiral Way. A handful of people in my neighborhood have discussed, via e-mail, this proposed project, which has received NO publicity directed to the people who live along Admiral Way. If the ANA meeting was supposed to be a “community briefing,” it should not be counted as having met even the minimal threshold. The proposals also have more impact at Alki than in Admiral; there has been NO outreach to the Alki community to date.

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