Sidewalk improvements on 28th Avenue Northwest and walkway improvements on Northwest 100th Street top the list of five Ballard neighborhood projects.

The Ballard District Council unanimously passed the prioritized list of five Seattle Department of Transportation-approved neighborhood projects at the July 8 district council meeting.

The five projects are part of the 2009 Neighborhood Projects Fund. Each year the city provides approximately $1.3 million for the 13 neighborhood councils to allot to projects submitted to them.

Ballard set a record by accounting for 40 of the citywide 160 projects submitted. Those were narrowed down to five by the district council in April, and the council's three-person review committee released the prioritized list of five July 8.

The top project is the development of sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvements on 28th Avenue Northwest from Market Street to Northwest 57th Street.

Only partial funding, $50,000, has been allotted to that project because new developments in that area will force further improvements, according to the council.

The second project is an improved and repaired walkway on Northwest 100th Street from Eighth Avenue Northwest to 15th Avenue Northwest.

This project has also only been partially funded, $25,000, because pedestrian improvements are likely to come when the planned Rapid Ride corridor is implemented by Metro, according to the council.

The third project, a traffic circle at Northwest 62nd Street and Ninth Avenue Northwest, has been fully funded with $15,000.

The fourth project, allotted partial funding of $20,000, is the improvement of lighting at Salmon Bay Park. The partial funding should allow the installation of at least one new lighting stanchion, according to the council.

The final project on the prioritized list, the establishment of an east bound right turn lane at 24th Avenue Northwest and Market Street, received no funding because the Department of Transportation is currently reviewing the design of that intersection.

From here, the projects go into consideration for Mayor Greg Nickels' 2010 budget.