Alaskan Way Viaduct closed this weekend
The Washington State Department of Transportation will be closing down the Alaskan Way Viaduct this weekend for a semi-annual structural safety inspection. From WSDOT: Both decks of the viaduct will be...
View ArticleAlaskan Way Viaduct replacement hearing Nov. 17
Major transportation changes are heading to SR 99 as the deep-bored tunnel option to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct moves forward. Late last month, the Federal Highway Administration, Washington State...
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Video: Officials sign Viaduct replacement contract
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials are scheduled to sign a contract with Seattle Tunnel Partners to design and build the much debated Alaskan Way Viaduct (SR 99) deep...
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SDOT presents five alternative plans at West Mercer Place open house Tuesday
The Seattle Department of Transportation held an open house to inform and answer questions about the West Mercer Place portion of the Mercer West Project on Tuesday night. The open house, held from 4...
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Mayor McGinn says new study shows Highway 99 tunnel and tolls will clog...
After a walking tour of the Maple Leaf neighborhood on Saturday morning, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn had a new comment to make about the proposed deep-bore tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct....
View ArticleWeekend traffic alerts, lane closures & more
Though the weather report is predicting rain for the weekend, you never know what Seattle weather will do at the last minute. Whether it ends up being a sunny spring weekend or a cloudy one, for those...
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QACC meeting welcomes SDOT; Queen Anne Farmers Market leadership discussed
The April Queen Anne Community Council meeting was well engaged in transportation matters Wednesday night with two presentations by representatives of SDOT and WSDOT. SDOT Project Manager Eric Tweit...
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Seattle Times: Mayor’s tunnel statement half true
Last month Seattle Mayor Mike generic 10mg cialis McGinn finished a walking tour of our sister neighborhood blog Maple Leaf by saying he had new information about the proposed deep-bore tunnel...
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QACC transportation committee votes to endorse SDOT’s alternative 5 for West...
The Queen Anne Community Council transportation committee voted to endorse SDOT’s alternative 5 to improve traffic flow on Elliot Avenue West and West Mercer Place last night at a particularly packed...
View ArticlePrimary election results are in: Tunnel, Veterans & Human Services Levy move...
Last night you hustled to make sure your ballot was counted in the Seattle primary election. Here’s what you accomplished (or didn’t accomplish, depending on how you voted). By all accounts, the tunnel...
View ArticleTraffic alert: Viaduct closures this weekend
The Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed for most of Saturday and Sunday for its semi-annual inspection. Both decks of the viaduct will be closed from the Battery Street tunnel to Spokane Street from 6...
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Councilman Rasmussen opposes Nickerson road diet, neighbors form pro-diet...
Over the last couple of weeks the proposed W Nickerson Street “road diet” has become a hot topic in the Queen Anne community. This week supporters of the plan to restructure Nickerson between Warren...
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