Of the 160 applications for Neighborhood Projects Funds citywide, 40 came from Ballard alone.

Neighborhood Projects Funds is a program where street and park projects that can be completed for less than $90,000 are submitted by members of the every neighborhood. Each neighborhood council chooses five projects from the total list to submit to the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Parks and Recreation Department.

The number one project requested by Ballardites in 2009 is new traffic circles with a total of 10 requests. There is a precedent for this as the Ballard area contains more than 100 traffic circles already.

There were also 11 requests for various sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvements.

Members of the Ballard District Council will be deciding on the top five projects, as well as a secondary five, in April, and the Seattle City Council will include the approved projects in the 2010 city budget.