Alki sidewalk project follow-up: Design “proceeding,” for now

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Two weeks ago, at the contentious Alki Community Center meeting (WSB coverage from that night is here) about the proposed sidewalk project along an area consisting mostly of the north side of Alki Ave’s west end (shown above), one citizen asked city reps what kind of process would be needed to stop the project. The city promised to check into it, but had no quick answer because they’d never been asked to cancel this type of citizen-initiated (background here) project before. We just checked with Seattle Transportation Department communications boss Rick Sheridan to see if they’d come up with the answer. Short version — no; he tells WSB, “We are having internal discussions about it, but no formal decision has been made yet.” Meantime, Sheridan says feedback from the meeting and “other sources” is being processed, and adds, “In the near term, we will proceed with the project’s design while continuing to work with adjacent property owners and the community.” By the way, the presentation from the 4/2 meeting is available online now (see it here), with the various options the city presented, including a one-way alternative that pretty much died on the spot that night. And if you have feedback about the Alki sidewalk project, SDOT’s Sandra (Sam) Woods is the person to e-mail, sandra.woods@seattle.gov is her address.

3 Replies to "Alki sidewalk project follow-up: Design "proceeding," for now"

  • chase April 15, 2008 (3:23 pm)

    Thank you for all your updates you are a true West Seattlelite…And a delite to this community…Keep up the fabulous work on this blog I’m addicted to it…Alki loves you…

  • Molly April 15, 2008 (5:42 pm)

    Last Saturday was a great reminder of why this sidewalk is so needed.

  • Chris April 17, 2008 (9:52 pm)

    My opinion is leave well enough alone. It is a remnant of the funky old beach house plotting and is not only difficult to insert but totally unneccessary.

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