Tag: south park

June 13, 2024

SDOT seeks bids on bike projects to connect Georgetown to downtown and South Park + What’s the deal with these bids?

Two projects with big potential for connecting Georgetown to the north and south are officially seeking contractor bids with hopes that construction can begin in 2024. The Georgetown to South Park Connection is a walking and biking trail from S Bailey Street in the Georgetown business district to the South Park Bridge. It is being…
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tagged: bids, contracting, georgetown, georgetown to downtown bike connection, georgetown to south park connection, sdot, south park
March 22, 2024

The 20-year bike plan for S/SW Seattle: West Seattle and SoDo

Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposed Seattle Transportation Plan (“STP”) is now in the hands of the City Council, who can make some final changes before adopting it as official city policy. The STP will supersede the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan, so it’s important to take a close look at its vision for the next 10–20 years…
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tagged: 1st ave s, 2024 Seattle Transportation Plan, georgetown, holgate, sodo, south park
December 30, 2021

South Park community group seeks to reclaim neighborhood land from a harmful, redundant highway

South Park has some of the most harmful air quality of any residential neighborhood in Seattle and King County, and it doesn’t take long to figure out where a lot of it comes from: The freeway that splits the neighborhood in two. It’s a story that has been repeated many times across the city and…
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tagged: cultivate south park, reconnect south park, south park, sr 99
July 8, 2021

Georgetown to South Park trail reaches design milestone, scheduled to open in 2023

The Georgetown to South Park Connection, a walking and biking trail concept promoted for years by the community-led group Duwamish Valley Safe Streets, is on schedule to begin construction in 2022 and open in 2023. Final design should be complete near the end of 2021. The path will lead from near 12th and Bailey in…
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tagged: duwamish valley safe streets, georgetown, georgetown to south park connection, sdot, south park, south park bridge
February 10, 2021

Watch SDOT’s virtual tour of the Duwamish Trail connection & crossing improvements

The Seattle Department of Transportation continues outreach around its proposal to finally connect the last segment of the Duwamish Trail between the West Seattle Bridge and the separated trail that starts a half mile down West Marginal Way SW. A Virtual Open House around all the improvements planned for the street is planned for next…
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tagged: duwamish trail, south park, west seattle
January 4, 2021

Proposed Duwamish Trail extension could make everyone safer on West Marginal Way

The Duwamish trail provides one of the only dedicated bike routes to and from the South Park neighborhood, which is currently dealing with an influx of drivers looking for any shortcut they can take to avoid the repercussions of the West Seattle bridge closure. But for nearly half a mile on its northern end, the…
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tagged: duwamish trail, duwamish tribe, georgetown, south park, west seattle