DELRIDGE PROJECT: What’s ahead on the street and sidewalks

(SDOT photo – new curb bulb)

Work continues on and near Delridge Way SW in the project to prepare for next year’s conversion of Metro Route 120 to the RapidRide H Line. SDOT usually sends a weekly preview on Fridays – here are the key points for the week ahead (and a bit beyond):

• Final channelization and overnight lane striping will continue throughout the corridor later this month

• Construction in Zone B is nearly complete but we will continue to make minor updates throughout the duration of construction

• We have started installing the new sidewalk on SW Hudson St and will continue these upgrades through next week

• Spot sidewalk upgrades between SW Holden St and SW Thistle St on the east side of Delridge Way SW began this week. We will also be returning to SW Thistle St to adjust one of the curb ramps in the area later this month.

• As a reminder, 26th Ave SW is closed to northbound traffic between SW Barton St and SW Roxbury St for King County Metro’s construction of their portion of the project. Please contact King County Metro if you have any questions about this work.

Here’s the full preview. Meantime, speaking of work that’s not part of the project, we have been mentioning in our morning traffic notes that SW Genesee is closed west of Delridge, today through the weekend. SDOT says that’s not part of its project – the private developer who has built townhouses at that corner is working on the street.

4 Replies to "DELRIDGE PROJECT: What's ahead on the street and sidewalks"

  • sam-c August 13, 2021 (1:42 pm)

    Regarding the intersection of Delridge and Orchard;Based on what I could find for design documents, it seems like the current lane markings (the temp ones, they don’t look final) are a little bit different than what is to be included in final layout.  ie, traveling southbound on Delridge, vehicles in the left lane must merge quickly to the right. I’m not a transportation engineer, but it seems like a dangerous layout.  Anyhow, I hope the final lane markings allow more merging than what is there now.  These are the documents I could find:https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/SDOT/TransitProgram/RapidRide/RapidRide%20H/Delridge_RR_roll_plot_Full_Project_Chann_low.pdf

    • sam-c August 13, 2021 (4:07 pm)

      what I was trying to ask- will the final lane configurations be safer than the current temp layout ? 

  • Tired of the shaking August 13, 2021 (11:46 pm)

    It’s 11:40pm. The city has completely stopped telling the Delridge community when actual work is happening. 18 months of constant construction, and at the very least the city could let us know we can’t open our windows when it’s 85 degrees and smoky, because they are adding 8 hrs of diesel truck exhaust to the mix. 

    • WSB August 14, 2021 (12:32 am)

      That’s not related to the outage?

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