Mayor visits Chief Sealth International High School to celebrate Neighborhood Street Fund grant

Turns out Mayor Ed Murray made a second stop in West Seattle on Thursday. The report and photo are from David Perrine:

Mayor Ed Murray came to the Chief Sealth International High School neighborhood to award a Neighborhood Street Fund grant for pedestrian corridor improvements. The two designated corridors, located between the Sealth/Denny schools area and Westwood Village, will turn the current rough trails into safe improved walkways for the benefit of students and the general public. The mayor first became aware of the issue during his “Find It Fix It” Walk last July. and with engineering plans in hand pledged $466,000 for the project, which will be completed in 2018.

The mayor met with a delegation of Chief Sealth students in the Academy of Finance program, their program teacher and director Gary Perkins, and vice principal Clint Sallee, with other community stakeholders.

Kristin Arvidson and Lynn Ogdon-Perrine, Sealth PTSA officers, accepted the check on behalf of their group and others.

Also, a huge shout out to Eric Iwamoto, parent of a former Chief Sealth student, for spearheading the proposal for safer pathways for students of Sealth.

Iwamoto, co-chair of the Southwest District Council and the Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council, pursued the funding through the Neighborhood Street Fund process, and a citywide advisory group chose it as one of two West Seattle projects the city will fund, along with Harbor/Avalon/Manning improvements, as first reported here two weeks ago. Details of the Sealth-vicinity project are here.

Craig November 4, 2016 (9:30 pm)

On one hand I am happy for the Sealth students who will see the mostly aesthetic improvements to the two non arterial streets adjacent to the campus(and a painted curb bulb at Trenton). On the other, I feel that the advisory group’s decision to favor the fourth ranked proposal coming from the Delridge District over more regionally impactful and pressing proposals represents a bias of the group for pedestrian/bike related projects- there is a huge opportunity cost hear for which SDOT has no apparent means to rectify.

Marianne November 5, 2016 (7:01 pm)

I am thrilled to have these “paths” made into pedestrian sidewalks. As a person who regularly uses the 25th Ave cut-through, I know there are hundreds of people using these paths daily. It will be really nice to have a level, safe passage between Trenton and Thistle Streets. Thousands of cars pass by both proposed sites; crossing Trenton is tricky. Installing a traffic control signal will be very helpful to both pedestrians and drivers. Thanks!

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