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Thank you for signing up to receive updates on the 15th Ave W/NW and Ballard Bridge Paving Project. We encourage you to share this email with your neighbors to provide feedback, stay informed on the project, and sign up for email updates.
We have reached the 60% level of design for the 15th Ave W/NW and Ballard Bridge Paving Project! Now is a great time to learn more about our current plans, and provide feedback before the design is complete.
The latest plans include:
- Replacing pavement along 15th Ave W/NW, from W Emerson St to NW 57th St
- Improving sidewalks, driveways, and stormwater drainage in select locations
- Refreshing crosswalk signs and markings with new paint on existing locations along 15th Ave NW
- Adding new red street markings on 15th Ave NW for existing northbound bus lanes between NW 52nd St and NW Market St
- Replacing the expansion joints on the Ballard Bridge
- Improving earthquake safety by strengthening the Leary Way Bridge (located just north of the Ballard Bridge)
To see our full 60% design plans, please visit our project webpage.
We also continue to look for opportunities to enhance safety with the project. If you have any feedback, please contact our project team. As a reminder, the 60% design milestone is when we know generally what the project will look like but are still making small refinements. We expect to reach our 90% design milestone as soon as early 2023.
We want to hear from you! Please take our travel survey
We want to know more about your needs traveling on 15th Ave W/NW so that we can minimize travel impacts during construction and help people find alternate travel routes. Please click here to take a brief survey to let us know your commuting needs along the 15th Ave W/NW and Ballard Bridge project corridor. The survey has several translation options and will remain open through January 13, 2023.
 Project area map: 15th Ave W/NW & Ballard Bridge from NW 57th St to W Emerson St
Each year, we pave arterial streets in poor condition to make them safer, smoother, and to extend their useful life. Keeping our transportation system in a good state of repair helps lower the cost of future maintenance. As part of the Levy to Move Seattle AAC (Arterial and Asphalt and Concrete) Paving Program, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is paving 15th Ave W/NW and the Ballard Bridge Deck between W Emerson St to NW 57th St as soon as Summer 2023. The project is anticipated to take 18 months to be completed. It will restore the street condition of a critical piece of Seattle’s transportation network and contribute to SDOT’s Levy commitment to pave up to 180 lane-miles of arterial streets by 2024.
If you'd like more information on the project, visit our project webpage.
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Ongoing Engagement
We are committed to working closely with project neighbors to coordinate construction timing and impacts as best as possible and will continue to send updates throughout the design and construction phases over the next two years. Initial outreach has included:
- In-person visits and emails to businesses along the 15th Ave W/NW corridor to inform them about the project and begin conversations around mitigating potential construction concerns
- Postcards to people who live and work in the area
- Meetings with nearby stakeholders, including neighborhood organizations and members of the industrial and freight communities
- Tabling event for faculty, students, and families at Ballard High School
If you would like to contact our project team or schedule a meeting for you or an organization you are with, you can contact us by:
- Emailing the project team at 15thAveW_NWpaving@Seattle.gov
- Calling the project team at (206) 512-3950 (leave a voicemail and we will return your call)
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