Traffic plan for new Alki Elementary to be discussed Friday by Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee

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Back before construction began on the Alki Elementary rebuild, much discussion – and even an appeal – centered on transportation and traffic issues. Now the new school is a few months from opening, and its traffic management plan is an agenda item for tomorrow morning’s monthly meeting of the Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee, a city-convened advisory committee. Its meeting is set for 8:30-10:30 am tomorrow (Friday, May 15), online and in person at City Hall, and the Alki traffic-management plan is on the agenda for ~10 am. The public is welcome at the meeting – room 370 at City Hall (600 4th Avenue) or online (find the link here). Other discussion items on the agenda include school-zone speeding and idling alongside schools.

Alki Dad May 14, 2026 (5:29 pm)

My daughter got to spend all of 5th Grade in a portable because of toxic neighbors delaying an elementary school over parking.So I’m happy this school is finally opening and those same wonderful neighbors can stare at the new beautifully tall school building with minimal parking in perpetuity.See you out there friends! Honk honk!

CarDriver May 14, 2026 (6:12 pm)

Toxic? No, more likely dealing with the real world not someone that doesn’t live next to and doesn’t care.

NorthAdmiralNeighbor May 15, 2026 (11:42 am)

The school has been there much longer than anyone who chose to live near it. Happy to see it opening despite the neighbors costing us tax payers hundreds of thousands in legal fees and construction delays

Odd son May 14, 2026 (6:38 pm)

What bothered me over the years is the parents parking illegally on the grass and ruining it. No response from the principal or SPD or parking enforcement. When this school opens, there are going to be problems. Hopefully this traffic plan addresses issues easily foreseen at this location. Whatever the outcome, officials need to stick around well into the school year to set the tone or the do whatever you want clan will take over.

Alki Parent May 15, 2026 (9:43 am)

Glad this school is finally opening!

Wsmama May 16, 2026 (8:02 pm)

Shouldn’t THIS have been a convo before the school layout and build happened? I mean where are the teachers parking? Where are the parents parking for drop off? ALL of this is going to affect the people living around the school. Not much you can do NOW that the school is about to open up. It’ll be a cluster F no matter what happens!

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