Providing Seattleites an opportunity to enjoy local streets in a different way, the City of Seattle’s 2012 Summer Streets program kicks off this weekend with great events in Ballard and West Seattle. As the first of four planned Summer Streets events, this Friday the annual Ballard Street Party carries the momentum of [More]

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reopened N/NW 85th Street to two-way traffic between 8th Avenue NW and Greenwood Avenue N today, completing the majority of work in the second phase of the two-mile paving project.  Later this month, the project will move east between Greenwood Avenue N and Aurora Avenue N; [More]

There will be lane closures on the Spokane Street Viaduct and on surface streets next week for the viaduct widening project. All westbound lanes on the Spokane Street Viaduct will be closed at SR99 early on Tuesday morning and overnight on Wednesday, with traffic exiting at Harbor Island and continuing over the [More]

Outdoor events on this Mother’s Day weekend are likely to attract plenty of participants due to a forecast of unusually warm weather. There will be a march and a run downtown, a children’s parade in the Madrona neighborhood, and a Sounders game, in addition to many people taking their mothers out to [More]

This weekend the intersection of Greenwood Avenue N and N 85th Street will be closed for paving activities from Friday night to Saturday night (May 11-12). Work this weekend is being done in order to meet the May 15 completion deadline for Phase 2 (8th Ave NW to Greenwood Ave N). The [More]

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reminds travelers of the May 11-14 full weekend closure of the I-5 on- and off-ramps at Mercer Street as part of the Mercer Corridor Project. The closure is scheduled to begin Friday at 11:00 p.m. and end Monday at 5:00 a.m. During the closure, crews will [More]

Overnight closures of the westbound lanes of the Spokane Street Viaduct from SR 99, previously announced for tonight, Wednesday, May 9, and tomorrow, Thursday May 10, have been cancelled.  The contractor was able to complete planned work during closures Monday and Tuesday nights.  Other overnight closures of the same westbound lanes are [More]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A portion of Beach Drive SW will get much needed repairs next week, weather permitting. SDOT crews will resurface a segment about 800 feet long in the blocks with addresses from 6200 to 6600. Tomorrow, May 10, a contractor will prune overhanging trees in this area to provide adequate space for [More]

On Thursday, May, 10th the contractor for SDOT’s Ballard Bascule Bridge Painting project will close a single southbound lane of traffic. The lane will remain open during peak traffic periods, but closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Simultaneously with the southbound lane closure, the west sidewalk will be closed; however, the [More]

The Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project is now approaching 90% completion. The westbound lanes of the viaduct will be closed at SR 99 nightly from May 7 to May 10, from  9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. Traffic will be detoured using the Harbor Island off-ramp to reach the low [More]