Thanks to City Councilmember Lisa Herbold‘s staff for letting us know that the much-awaited Columbia Street 2-Way Transit Pathway got a brief mention in a council committee meeting today. It happened during a briefing by staffers from the Office of the Waterfront. Its director Marshall Foster noted that as a bus-riding West Seattleite he’s looking forward to it opening “very shortly.” How soon is that? pressed Councilmember Herbold. “Within the month,” Foster said, adding that the date would be announced – also – “very shortly.” You can see this part of the discussion about 46 minutes into the Seattle Channel video above. This SDOT post from last fall explains how the pathway will work.