SR-520 Resolution Needs to be Better
- gordon
- Sept. 10, 2015
The 520 Montlake Interchange will be a formidable obstacle
The SR-520 and the Montlake Bridge area is one of Seattle's key geographic chokepoints for walking and biking.
The $1.64 billion SR-520 highway project will be set in concrete for the next eighty years. It must work.
The Seattle City Council has released a draft resolution outlining the City's official position on how to improve the design. While there is a lot to like in the draft resolution, unfortunately the current SR520 Draft Resolution does not include the top three needed fixes outlined in a letter sent to the city seven months ago by a coalition of community and healthy transportation groups:1. Single lane on-ramps and raised crosswalks at the Montlake interchange so that people can safely walk across. 2. Protected bike lanes on Montlake Blvd to allow people to safely bike through the interchange. 3. A neighborhood greenway along the Lake Washington Loop paid for by WSDOT, to provide a key link in the non-motorized system, and protect the neighborhood's quality of life by mitigating cut-through traffic.
Here's how you can make an impact
Show up and tell the Seattle City Council we need to get this right at a public hearing at the University Christian Church at 4731 15th Ave. NE, on Wednesday Sept. 16 at 5:30 p.m. While in person testimony is an order of magnitude more impactful, if you can’t make the meeting, you can email, or better yet call, the City Council Transportation Committee Chair Tom Rasmussen directly at 206-684-8808 or tom.rasmussen@seattle.gov. For questions or how to get more involved contact gordon <at> seattlegreenways.org
Thank you!