SEEKING FEEDBACK: Online open house for Longfellow Creek Natural Drainage System plan

| Delridge | Environment | West Seattle news

Three years after we first mentioned Seattle Public Utilities‘ Longfellow Creek Natural Drainage System project – to get polluted stormwater runoff out of the creek – it’s reached a design milestone, and an online open house is ready for your feedback. It’s not just about the creek, SPU says, but also includes a “partnership with SDOT to include pedestrian improvements near the NDS project sites,” which are focused at Sylvan/Orchard, 24th/Kenyon, and further south along 24th. Check out the online open house here; they’re looking for feedback by May 15th.

HP April 27, 2020 (3:27 pm)

The street names are not accurately overlaid on this map. SW Roxbury Street isn’t between Lincoln Park and the Fauntleroy/Southworth Ferry Terminal. Roxhill Park is not north of Westwood Village.All the street name overlays are off significantly. The response will likely include reassurances that staff involved live in West Seattle …… Really? ……. What other inaccuracies are there if a simple look reveals such an obvious observation. I mean SW Genesee St doesn’t align with the West Seattle bridge last I checked and driving up Highland Park Way SW into West Seattle brings one westbound on SW Holden St not SW Cloverdale St.

Brian April 27, 2020 (9:21 pm)

I vote for uncovering the creek that goes under the 12th hole fairway at West Seattle Golf course. It would improve the hole and the creek, win-win.

bridger April 27, 2020 (10:40 pm)

The map was most likely put together with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The street names are all on the same layer in the file, and the designer (probably a consultant hired by the City) inadvertently shifted the layer. Maybe they had to unlock the layer and forgot to relock it. It’s easy to do, and it’s easy to miss when a callout layer has been shifted. Mistakes happen. We all make them. It’s okay.

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