Viaduct re-opening ahead of schedule
#Viadoom is almost over. The Washington Department of Transportation says that demolition crews are ahead of schedule and the Alaskan Way Viaduct will reopen on Saturday. Viaduct reopening details: Northbound …
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Throw a party on the viaduct
Just after the Alaskan Way Viaduct closes for nine full days later this month, the Washington Department of Transportation is offering the structure up as a unique venue for an …
Reminder: Viaduct replacement hearing tonight
Learn more about the deep-bored tunnel option to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ballard High School (1418 NW 65th St). The meeting …
Council agrees to $927 million for tunnel
The Seattle City Council agreed today to move forward with the Alaskan Way Viaduct deep bored tunnel and Seawall Replacement. In a unanimous vote, they agreed to a Memorandum of …
Group raises concerns about tunnel access
Industrial companies and truckers in Ballard have been outspoken about the deep-bore tunnel that’s slated to replace the Viaduct. Back in March at a Ballard town hall meeting (photo above), …
Mayor promises to improve access to tunnel
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has committed in writing to improving vehicle and freight access from Ballard, Magnolia and Queen Anne to the new deep-bored tunnel, according to a press release issued today by Reps. Mary Lou Dickerson and Reuven Carlyle. Nickels wrote that the city will work with WSDOT to improve traffic flow on N 46th St., N 39th St., Nickerson St., Dexter Ave. N, Mercer St. and West Mercer St. The city also said it would work to improve congestion at the north and south ends of the Aurora Bridge.
“The major arterials within our community will need attention and we’re focused on ensuring the city is focused on the needs of residential and commercial traffic,” said Carlyle. Both representatives had asked the mayor for a formal letter expressing the city’s commitment on improving traffic flow to Seattle’s Northwest neighborhoods. As you know, tunnel access has been a hot topic in Ballard’s industrial and freight community, most recently at a town hall held at Ballard High School last month. Read the press release below…
Access, freight hot topics at tunnel town hall
A good crowd attended the tunnel town hall at Ballard High School tonight. Representatives from WSDOT, SDOT and other agencies took questions from the crowd about plans to replace the …
Viaduct closed this weekend
The Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed this weekend for its semi-annual inspection. Both decks of the roadway will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. …
Tunnel forum at Ballard High on Monday
When the deep-bore tunnel option was selected to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct, the key issue for many residents in Northwest Seattle is access to and from our neighborhoods. …
Viaduct replacement passes Senate
The deep-bore tunnel option to replace the viaduct passed the state Senate this morning, according to the Seattle PI. “I’ll bet the whole debate didn’t last 10 minutes,” said Sen. …
Ballard residents attend Viaduct open house
More than 100 people attended an open house at Adam’s Elementary Monday evening to learn more about plans to replace the Viaduct with a deep bored tunnel. The open house …
Viaduct tunnel meeting in Ballard on Monday
This coming Monday, WSDOT, the City of Seattle and King County will hold an open house at Adam’s Elementary to give Ballard residents a “first look” at plans to replace …