The King County Roads Pedestrian Safety and Traffic Calming project in the White Center business district is on 16th Ave SW between SW 100th and SW 107th Streets. It is scheduled to go to construction in 2025 and has been in design since 2021. Here is the project webpage. It is a $1.9 million project funded through a federal safety grant that focuses on pedestrian safety.

A public meeting, both in person and online is set for July 24 at the White Center Foodbank.

Join us for a community meeting with project staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Location: White Center Food Bank: 10016 16th Ave. SW, 98146. 
Translation services and food provided. 
Parking is very limited, please add extra travel time, carpool, or take Metro bus routes H Line, 60, 128, and Sound Transit 560.

Online Zoom meeting link: https://bit.ly/16thave
Meeting ID: 840 8357 9319
Passcode: 16thAveSW

The intent of the project is to reduce speeds and calm traffic, making the area safer for pedestrians. The project narrows the road from four lanes to two and includes a two-way center turning lane. It adds many pedestrian safety features like bumped out sloped curbs at corners and traffic crossing lights with flashing beacons. 

The project does not remove the total number of parking spots in the project corridor. Currently there are 43 existing on-street parking spots between SW 100th and SW 107th streets. The design option with bike lanes on both sides adds a total of three spaces to bring the total number of on-street parking spaces to 46. It also moves parking spots around, depending on the block, to accommodate travel lanes and bike lanes.

The design option with no bike lanes brings the total number of parking spots to 67, again, up from 43. It also moves parking spots around, depending on the block, to accommodate travel lanes.

According to Brent Champaco with King County Local Services, "King County did community surveys and outreach in 2022 and got to a 30-50% design. It was during the peak of COVID so in-person outreach was difficult."

You can get more details regarding the project here https://kingcounty.gov/16thavesw