The next four days, May 24 through 27, throngs in the thousands will flock to the free Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center.  The ever popular event, established to strengthen communities through arts and culture, is a huge celebration of dance, music, art and storytelling. Seattleites attending might want to take [More]

June 1-2 and June 8-9 (weather depending) Over the first two weekends of June, SDOT crews will install thermal plastic safety markings at driveways and streets that cross the cycle track on Linden Avenue N, between N 128th and N 145th streets. Streets may be temporarily closed but driveway access will be [More]

All work is weather dependent Most of the intersection of Delridge Way SW and SW Holden Street will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, May 31, until 6 a.m. Monday, June 3, for roadway restoration and storm drain installation. This work is part of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Delridge Way [More]

Crews worked late Wednesday evening in order to reduce disruption to nearby businesses during normal business hours from vibratory work to remove shoring installed for the afterbay structure (see map). Crews completed the work last night, much earlier than expected.  Thank you for your patience during this work. Later this summer, crews [More]

Beginning on Saturday, June 1, there will be partial intersection closures on South Jackson Street in the Chinatown/International District. Streetcar track, switches and platforms for the First Hill Streetcar are being constructed down the center of South Jackson Street, restricting north- and southbound traffic across the construction zone.  Beginning Saturday, June 1, [More]

Oversize trucks carrying five, 155-foot-long steel bridge girders destined for the timber bridge replacement project will close the northbound State Route 99 off-ramp to East Marginal Way South Thursday night and Friday morning. Northbound freight haulers and drivers heading to the Port of Seattle can reach their destination by following a signed [More]

May 21 and 22, tomorrow and Wednesday, some 2,500 students will be attending National Geograhic Live! each day at Benaroya Hall.  Buses will be dropping off and picking up the students attending the student lectures on streets adjacent to the hall located at 200 University Street.  Seattle Police Officers will be directing [More]

Ballard Siphon Replacement Project King County Wastewater Treatment Division May 20, 2013 Beginning Tuesday, May 21, crews will remove the shoring installed for the afterbay structure construction on the south side of West Commodore Way.  Crews expect to remove the majority of the shoring by Friday, May 24. Additional work to remove [More]

This morning a Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Roadway Structures crew will complete repairs on the gate stands on the Ballard Bridge.  The majority of the work was finished last week so the crew will only work from 10 – 11 a.m. today.  During that time, the southbound curb (right) lane will [More]

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announces the early opening of SR 99 to traffic as part of the West Phase of the Mercer Corridor project. The early opening of SR 99 and Mercer Street was possible due to crews efficiently completing traffic shifts on SR 99 in preparation for demolishing the east [More]