A contractor for the Seattle Department of Transportation plans to begin construction on Monday, June 1 on a sidewalk project on the west side of Fremont Avenue North to connect the existing sidewalks south of the Boys & Girls Club (at N 86th Street) to N 90th Street. 

The Greenwood Community Council has been working for years to complete the sidewalk grid in its neighborhood and requested funding from the Neighborhood Street Fund program, funded by the Bridging the Gap transportation initiative. The project will fill the gap in the sidewalk between the Boys & Girls Club, Greenwood Park and N 85th Street.

In addition, SDOT has worked with Seattle Public Utilities to install a natural drainage system next to the sidewalk project. This green infrastructure will take water that would traditionally go into pipes and allow it to permeate into the planting strip to support plants and trees.

For more information, contact:  Therese Casper, (206) 684-8764

Media contact:  Marybeth Turner, (206) 684-8548