Snake Hill Sidewalk Project
Posted May 13th, 2008 by Anna / Filed under: Traffic Safety
The North Delridge Neighborhood Council sent the following letter asking for feedback on a sidewalk project proposed for Snake Hill.
Dear Neighbors:
We are writing to let you know of a sidewalk project coming to our neighborhood. For years, efforts have been made to obtain a sidewalk on “Snake Hill”. Last year a grant was obtained to build a sidewalk along 30th Ave SW to connect to the existing sidewalk at the top of the hill. This sidewalk, as you well know, will provide a much needed pedestrian connection from High Point to Delridge. It will also help connect to the Longellow Creek Legacy Trail and Camp Long.
The Mayor has made building more sidewalks a top priority and more funding is now available through the Bridging the Gap levy passed in 2006. We were awarded the funding for this project by a citizen’s committee that evaluated over 150 projects citywide. The grant came from the Neighborhood Street Fund, a community-driven funding program administered by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and funded by the Bridging the Gap levy.
SDOT has asked us to reach out to neighbors and property owners affected by the sidewalk. We are hoping to make this project an enhancement for both the street and your property.
The project will be designed this year and built in 2009. The design will take the sidewalk all the way to SW Brandon Street but due to funding constraints we only anticipate that we can build the portion to SW Juneau Street. SDOT will contact you with the specific construction schedule early next year. Right now we are asking for your feedback on the attached concept of where the sidewalk will be located. Please feel free to contact Jay at (206) 935-6532 or jaymirro@hotmail.com if you have thoughts or concerns about the project, or Thérèse Casper, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) if you have design-specific issues to discuss, at therese.casper@seattle.gov or (206) 684-8764. It would be best to hear from you by May 19, when SDOT plans to give their consultant guidance for the next stage of design work.
Jay Mirro
Mike Dady
Co-Chairs, North Delridge Neighborhood Council
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Ist, the map is upside down for most people. Some always assume north is up on a map. Not me.
2nd, the cross street is Findley not Juneau. (SDOT labeled this?) I think not.
3rd, Why stop there. The proposed sidewalk ends at the point where pedestrians must walk in the street since the shoulder is overgrown, too narrow and has a meandering steep sided ditch on both sides. The property owner (beyond Ed’s house on the corner) is 100% city of Seattle from there to one lot before 26th ave.
This route is shown on the “safe” routes to school map unless some one has done an emergency edit.
The city does not need neighborhood, or bridging the gap or any other special funds to fix this. It needs the political will and that will only develop when residents point out how fast it would be fixed if there were only blond children using it. The time to be subtle about this is long past.