TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, WEATHER: Summer Fest, day 1, plus weekend alerts

6:01 AM: Good morning; welcome to Friday, July 15th.

WEATHER

The forecast is for another sunny day, high in the 70s.

SUMMER FEST, DAY 1

West Seattle Summer Fest road closures are all in place, through Sunday night – California north of Oregon, where the stage and beer garden are on Friday and Saturday, and the Farmers’ Market on Sunday; then, California from Oregon to Edmunds, and SW Alaska from 42nd to 44th (food on the east side, kids zone on the left side), See this Metro webpage for bus-reroute info.

WEEKEND ROAD WORK

SDOT has two projects planned:

On Saturday, between 6 AM and 2 PM, we’re paving near the intersection the intersection of Myers Way S and Olson Pl SW. The northbound lanes will be reduced to a single lane during this work and people driving should expect delays while the lane is closed.

Also on Saturday, between 7 AM and 5 PM, we’ll continue updating the traffic signal at 7th Ave S and S Cloverdale St in South Park. We’ll need to turn off the signal for a period of time on Saturday to complete this work. When the signal is turned off, we’ll have a uniformed police officer directing traffic. People driving can expect long delays.

Meantime, WSDOT’s “Revive I-5” southbound lane closures continue all weekend, starting at 7:30 tonight.

BUSES, WATER TAXI, FERRIES

Metro buses are on their regular weekday schedule aside from the Summer Fest reroutes; watch @kcmetroalerts for word of other reroutes/trip cancellations.

The West Seattle Water Taxi is back on its regular schedule.

Ferries: WSF continues on the two-boat schedule for Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth – and WSF says that probably won’t change before next spring. Check here for alerts/updates.

BRIDGES AND DETOUR ROUTES

845th morning without the West Seattle Bridge.

Low Bridge: Automated enforcement cameras remain in use; restrictions are in effect 5 am-9 pm daily – except weekends; the bridge is open to all until 8 am Saturday and Sunday mornings. (Access applications are available here for some categories of drivers.)

1st Avenue South Bridge:

South Park Bridge:

West Marginal Way at Highland Park Way (one of four recently installed cameras):

Highland Park Way/Holden:

The 5-way intersection (Spokane/West Marginal/Delridge/Chelan):

Are movable city bridges opening for vessels? Check the @SDOTBridges Twitter feed; 1st Ave. S. Bridge openings are tweeted by @wsdot_traffic.

All city traffic cams can be seen here; West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras are also on this WSB page

Trouble on the roads/paths/water? Please text or call us (when you can do so safely) – 206-293-6302.

Neighbor July 15, 2022 (8:08 am)

Is the low bridge broken? I am sitting in a back-up. Thx!

Driver July 15, 2022 (1:29 pm)

Terrible traffic at Fauntleroy ferry . Double parked cars to terminal

WSB July 15, 2022 (1:53 pm)

That’s likely because of the Colman Pool swim meet, noted briefly in the daily list (as the reason why the pool is closed to the public today). Tomorrow too.
sam-c July 15, 2022 (2:55 pm)

Also, really aggressive driving by the TBT tow truck heading to tow cars at the ferry queue. One was speeding, passing cars in the center turn lane on Fauntleroy. Swung so hard and fast they almost went beyond the center turn lane and into the oncoming traffic lane. The other TBT towing truck behind that one didn’t drive like they were on their way to put out a fire.

v July 15, 2022 (7:31 pm)

Sitting on a C line for over 15 minutes stuck in what appears to be a bad accident from the still on traffic cam. I don’t see any news online but might be someone struck by a vehicle? Police, ambulances, tape and no traffic is moving along the lower bridge both ways. Anyone know the story?