Tag: move seattle levy oversight committee

February 6, 2023

Thanks to years of delays, Seattle has 2 years to build 47 miles of voter-approved bike routes

Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a taxing levy in 2015 with the stated goal of building 110 miles of new or upgraded protected bike lanes and neighborhood greenways across the city by the end of 2024. As of the start of 2023, the city has only constructed 57% of that goal, according to a presentation SDOT…
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tagged: bruce harrell, ed murray, greg spotts, jenny durkan, move seattle levy, move seattle levy oversight committee, sdot
May 13, 2019

Oversight Committee raises flag on mayor’s ‘disproportionately large’ bike plan cuts

The committee tasked with watchdogging the city’s delivery of the $930 million voters approved through the 2015 Move Seattle levy has written a strong letter of concern about the lack of bicycle network progress and SDOT’s big cuts to the bike plan for the duration of the levy. “We respectfully request the Mayor and City…
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tagged: jenny durkan, move seattle, move seattle levy oversight committee, seattle bicycle advisory board