SDOT announced nine new community-prioritized projects for funding in the 2022-2024 Neighborhood Street Fund cycle.
One project is included from District 1: 6th Ave SW and SW Cambridge St Safety Enhancements. Design is scheduled for this year, with construction in 2024. The project page notes,
Information from Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle Police Department
Police arrested five male juvenile suspects on Thursday after they robbed a man in Ballard, fled to Federal Way, and then tried to lose police inside a mall.
At approximately 12:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of an assault in the 6500 block of 15 Avenue Northwest. Police contacted the male victim, who reported the suspects had taken his cell phone, backpack, and other items. The male victim sustained minor injuries. The suspects fled from the scene in two stolen vehicles.
Update 3:07am
The tree has been removed, and utility crews have completed their work on the downed lines. 35th Ave SW has been reopened. Reminder: You can always check current traffic status by looking at WestsideSeattle's Traffic page here
https://www.westsideseattle.com/west-seattle-traffic-cameras-current-traffic-conditions
Update 9:45pm
Approximately eight vehicles are on scene with numerous people assessing the situation but at this hour the tree still blocks the road. Crews from SDOT and Seattle Public Utilities are there and they must assess the potential for other tree falls, how to deal with the wires the tree is leaning on, and how to best remove the fallen tree, which broke at mid-stem according to West Seattle naturalist Kersti Muul.
Information from Seattle Department of Transportation
Over the past ten days, our team of bridge engineers, maintenance crews, and technical experts have been continually working to repair the Spokane St Swing Bridge (Low Bridge) as quickly as possible. The bridge has been stuck since December 23, when the mechanical and electrical systems were damaged during a severe ice storm. We have made significant progress on repairs, including replacing 500 feet of damaged underground high-voltage power cable. However, there is still a lot to do as we prepare for the mammoth task of removing a significantly damaged 15,000-pound hydraulic turning cylinder, one of the two cylinders responsible for turning the 14 million-pound eastern side of the moveable bridge.
Regardless of your age, it’s obvious that the pace of change is accelerating. That alone is pointedly disruptive since human beings accept change unwillingly. The limits too, of our own senses, and abilities mean long ago we became dependent on machines to help us move things, make things, and so much more, each of them extensions of human abilities meant to serve human needs. But the way we managed change was through intuition and feel. Soon, that won’t be nearly enough.
Update Jan 3
After multiple attempts, re-sinkings, and weeks of delay, the abandoned sailboat at the Don Armeni boat launch was finally taken away on January 3 by a crew from TowBoatU.S. At one point the boat was pumped out by the Seattle Fire Department, only to see it sink again and remain tied to the finger pier, a hazard to navigation and preventing boats from using that space.
The crew did not fully re-float the sailboat but using a diver, managed to attach airbags to it to get it off the bottom and able to be towed away.
Update 9:45am Dec. 25
