If you circle the north side of Queen Anne along Nickerson St near the Ballard Bridge, you may have noticed the roadwork underway the past couple of weeks. We just got an update from SDOT this week on the work, and there are two local projects in total – one on Queen Anne at Nickerson, and one just over 15th Ave W on Dravus St in Interbay – that will include the addition of new traffic signals.
Here are the details from SDOT, along with maps:
W Nickerson & 13th Ave W:
- Construction underway
- New traffic signals
- Federally mandated Americans with Disabilities (ADA) curb ramps on each corner
- Metro bus stop on the SW corner will be relocated to the SE corner
- Construction is expected to be complete and signals activated by May 2014
Dravus St & 17th Ave W:
- Construction slated to begin mid-March; to be completed in phases
- New traffic signals
- Federally mandated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) curb ramps on the NW and SW corners of the intersection.
- Curb bulb and a bike rack will be installed on the SW corner
- Four parking spots will be lost due to improvements
- Construction is expected to be complete and signals activated by June 2014
And, as part of the Dravus work, 17th Ave W to the north of Dravus to Bertona St will also undergo key changes related to parking and repaving:
- New pavement striping and markings
- Conversion of head-in parking to parallel parking
- Street repaving
- The “roadway channelization” will result in the loss of approximately 8 parking spots
Per SDOT, these projects are funded by a partnership of private development mitigation and the “Bridging the Gap” transportation levy approved by Seattle voters in November 2006.