Contents Renewing the Housing Levy April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month Westside Healthy Empowered Youth (HEY) Town Hall Library Hours Expanding at Local Branches Help Lay the Groundwork for Aging and Disability Services Building Emissions Performance Standards West Seattle Water Taxi Summer Schedule Begins April 17 Renewing the Housing Levy This week, Council launched its […]

Contents March 28 PSHS Committee Report Consent Decree Update Duwamish Valley Program Update Terminal 5 Quiet Zone Construction to Begin Today is Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) Keep Masking Up in Healthcare Facilities Fair Chance Housing 2022 Annual City Council Report Free Tax Help Colman Pool Registration Port of Seattle Job Fair in South Park […]

Contents Public Safety and Human Services Committee: February 28 Before the Badge Community-Police Dialogues Seattle Parks & Recreation Needs Your Ideas! Vision Zero Top-to-Bottom Review and Survey Pothole Reporting Arts & Culture Recovery Grants Available – Apply by 2/27 Funds Available to Increase Safety for Immigrants and Refugees – Apply By 3/9 Public Safety and […]

PSHS: Chief appointment vote in committee, URM briefing COVID/flu vaccines and masking recs Duwamish Basin Steward Legislation Speed Bumps in Alki Neighborhood Winter Weather Information: Roads, bus service, SPU, and shelter Public Safety and Human Services Committee Update During this week’s Public Safety and Human Services Committee, Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell presented Interim Chief […]

Contents Budget Update Public Safety: The Budget Reality vs. Rhetoric Ingraham Students Rally Public Safety Civil Service Commission Adopts Community Service Preference Points Redistricting Commission Adopts New Council District Boundaries Budget Update On Monday, the Budget Chair presented her initial Balancing Package for the 2023/24 budget. The Budget Chair’s balancing package incorporates some of the […]

West Seattle Bridge Update Concrete post-tensioning ducts have been completed and, this week, the installation of post tensioning steel cables continues. After installation of post-tensioning steel cables, the next step is to tension (or tighten) the cables. The contractor is expected to begin this work on Monday. Tensioning of the cables will be done in […]

West Seattle Bridge Update Bridge re-opening remains on track for week of September12.   As I confirmed last week, the specialized concrete needed for post-tensioning on the bridge has fully cured. Post-tensioning duct installation continued this week.  The contractor has revised how the ducts are being temporarily supported to allow for quicker removal and provide some […]

West Seattle Bridge Update Yesterday we got great news: the construction contractor completed the final pour of structural concrete inside the West Seattle Bridge! SDOT’s announcement notes they: “…still expect to reopen the bridge in mid-2022 and can now work with our construction contractor to finalize the sequence of the remaining work…This week’s deliveries involved […]

West Seattle Bridge Update April 15 SDOT reports that the first delivery of the specialized concrete needed for the West Seattle Bridge repair will arrive this weekend! This is the concrete that will anchor and guide the post-tensioning steel cables to prevent cracking of the concrete in the bridge. SDOT estimates that 35 cubic yards […]

West Seattle Bridge Concrete Update The work to attain the specialized concrete needed for the guiding and anchoring the steel cables for the West Seattle Bridge has continued this week. The most recent update is that, on Monday, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Materials Laboratory approved the concrete mix design, a necessary step before concrete can […]