Seattle Public Utilities project updates: Delridge/Orchard, 22nd/Henderson

Updates today from Seattle Public Utilities on two sewer/drainage projects under way along Delridge. First, the project at Delridge/Orchard:

The daytime westbound lane restriction on SW Orchard St. just east of Delridge Way SW will continue through mid-May as crews complete demolition, paving and landscaping work. Over the next couple of weeks, crews are also working on SW Myrtle at 24th Avenue SW, where they are installing a flow monitoring cabinet in the right-of-way. On Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30, between 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., the westbound lane on SW Myrtle St. at 24th Ave. SW will be closed to traffic. During the closure, all westbound traffic will be diverted to the eastbound lane with the assistance of a traffic flagger.

Work also continues at CSO 3, located at SW Henderson St. and 22nd Ave. SW. (map) Crews recently completed the underground diversion structure at SW Barton Place and SW Barton St. and are currently working on the CSO 3 facility.

Crews are on schedule to reach substantial completion of both projects in the fall of this year.

Questions/concerns about either project? SPU’s Emily Reardon also tells WSB they’ll be at the next Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Neighborhood Council meeting for a briefing (May 5, 6:15 pm, Southwest Branch Library).

6 Replies to "Seattle Public Utilities project updates: Delridge/Orchard, 22nd/Henderson"

  • sophista-tiki April 23, 2015 (3:29 pm)

    The noise pollution from the Delridge overflow project has already cost me dozens of hours of lost work. Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep,,,all day every day. Makes it impossible to focus on work. I’ll be sending the city an invoice. If it were possible I’d stab that backhoe in the eye with a fork!( THATS how unbelievably irritating the noise is).SNARCASM no really its that bad.

  • Amber April 23, 2015 (4:30 pm)

    Have there been any releases of sediment or other effluvia from this project? In the last week, several times Longfellow Creek has run some really nasty colors – once was a horrible opaque rust (picture sent to WSB at the time it occurred, the morning of April 16.)

    • WSB April 23, 2015 (4:45 pm)

      Hi, Amber – we haven’t received any photos like that, or reports/notes about any such thing – people send photos through multiple channels and sometimes they don’t go through – please re-send if you still have, e-mail is our preference, editor@westseattleblog.com … Meantime, I don’t know, but can ask SPU. – TR

  • ChefJoe April 23, 2015 (9:19 pm)

    Dawn, it’s a necessary evil to avoid sewage backups in your neighborhood. We all appreciate your patience with the process.

  • Trickycoolj April 24, 2015 (8:41 am)

    The way they look to be re-routing Orchard with the new curbs installed this week looks like a head on collision waiting to happen. I wonder if they even consulted a traffic engineer? The eastbound and westbound lanes literally face each other which a sharp turn to the right at the last second near the gas station driveway.

  • sam-c April 27, 2015 (9:28 am)

    trickycoolj- I thought so too. especially since everyone coming down Orchard from 16th drive so fast and they are hidden by the curve until the last minute… you have to turn right onto Orchard at that new curb so fast I’m sure there is bound to be problems.

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