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Fifteenth Avenue Northwest, the seven-lane main drag that connects downtown to north Seattle via Ballard and Crown Hill, is known to be one of the neighborhood's less scenic areas.

Parts of the street are lined by shuttered businesses and…MORE

The schedule for closing the southbound lanes on First Avenue South between South King Street and Railroad Way has changed. The lanes will now be closed on Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 17 through 19, and possibly also Thursday, Aug. 20, if…MORE

The Seattle Department of Planning and Development today approved dock improvements permits for the King County Water Taxi.

The permits granted allow the replacement of a timber floating dock (2,686 square feet), with a concrete dock (2,…MORE

Representatives from the Seattle Department of Transportation introduced its Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program on Aug. 12 to the Ballard community.

The two-phase plan includes implementing a number of methods to stop speeding within…MORE

The city has extended the deadline to comment on efforts to update the Crown Hill/Ballard Neighborhood Plan until Friday, Aug. 21.

Learn about this process, review a report concerning the status of plans and complete the on line…MORE

The city has extended the deadline to comment on efforts to update West Seattle's neighborhood plans until Friday, Aug. 21.

Learn about this process, review a report concerning the status of plans and complete the on line questionnaire at…MORE

Yesterday evening, Wednesday, Aug. 12, Seattle Public Utilities received a call shortly before 6 p.m. about a water main breaking on the intersection of North 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue North. The break was caused by an eight inch stub that…MORE

This Sunday, Aug. 16 there will be a concert at Easy Street Records from 8 to 11 p.m. to benefit Team Tracy, who will be walking 60 miles in the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk Sept. 11 through the 13.

Team Tracy consists of 11 women who will…MORE

The Seattle City Council Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee is working on updating the city-wide design guidelines, adopted in 1993 and unchanged for 16 years, it was announced at the committee meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12.

They…MORE

At a special Aug. 12 meeting of the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee, Metro Director of Operations Kevin Desmond laid out the budgetary nightmare facing Metro and King County Executive Kurt Triplett's plan to deal with it.

As…MORE