September 2020

The Highland Park Action Coalition is holding an online meeting to explore the significance of the Seattle Department of Transportation's project to Reconnect West Seattle in the wake of the closure of the West Seattle Bridge.

The HPAC Monthly Meeting
Weds., Sep 23, 2020 at 07:00 PM on Zoom

We’ll hear from SDOT & Department of Neighborhoods folks about this and other survey projects moving ahead now and in 2021. Plus, discuss how we want to work with the City to mitigate traffic impacts going forward. There will also be a preliminary introduction to the Home Zone concept – steps that will be taken to keep our area safe, walkable and connected during the WS Bridge reroute traffic.

In her letter to constituents District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold offered an update on the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) efforts to Reconnect West Seattle.

"SDOT has completed the Reconnect West Seattle Implementation Plan. Over 17,000 people responded to the survey and neighborhood prioritization ballots.  

The plan lists projects completed or in progress;  planned for completion during the rest of 2020; and projected planned for 2021.  

UPDATE 4:00pm

Bob the BBQ Truck from Pecos Pit has been found!

Their facebook post states, "We are still uncertain of the damage that has been caused, hopefully it’s minimal. Huge shout out to one of our BBQ friends for locating it, you are the real MVP! And thank you to everyone else for your kind words and sharing our post. Y’all sure know how to make us feel special. We love our loyal fans and appreciate each and every one of you! " 

Co-Owner Kathryn Kingen said, "We are so grateful to a heroine who read our post on social media, saw the truck and called us. We called the police and now it’s been towed to a secure place and will be taken in for the repairs on Monday. Damage was not too bad but it’s inoperable and we will get an assessment on Monday."

Original Post 9:18am

UPDATE Saturday 8AM

The power has been restored 

UPDATE 1:10pm

The original outage has been repaired but the follow on outage that affected 74 customers on Harbor Ave SW is continuing with restoration now not expected until 9:24pm

UPDATE 10:30am

The power outage that began in the early morning hours of Friday started out as 7000 people out then shrank to 755 and then grew to 820 with the outage extended down to further north on Harbor Ave. SW. The time of restoration was unclear.

Original Post 6:30am

A fallen tree knocked out power and blocked traffic in West Seattle early Friday morning. Initially more than 7000 people were without power in the area near Harbor Ave SW with the tree falling between California Ave SW and Ferry Ave SW. 

A Design Review Early Design Guidance Meeting for Project Number: 3036618-EG a 5-story, 71-unit apartment building with retail proposed for 9201 Delridge Way SW. is set for10/01/2020 at 4pm. The meeting will be online

Meeting Info and links: https://bit.ly/Mtg3036618 ; Listen Line: 206-207-1700 - Passcode: 146 556 4265 ;

Public Comment Sign Up: https://bit.ly/Comment3036618

The full design packet can be found here from 2018 but the project has undergone significant changes since then.

It was at one point going to be fity six apartments, then a storage facility and finally now a mixed use facility with 71 apartments and retail.

The end of the public comment period is 09/30/2020.

By Adam Ludwig PE, SE

Dear Mayor Durkan,

Please direct SDOT to repair the West Seattle bridge. Why? Because the repair will be safe, it can be completed quickly, and it will be a cost-effective means to shorten the duration of an emergency bridge outage. Repairing the bridge also comes with the great promise of extending the life of the bridge out 40 years.

information from King County

In his State of the County address on July 24, KIng County Executive Dow Constantine referred to the reckoning taking place in America “to the brutal reality of racism and bias throughout our society.”

In partnership with advocates, community-members, and public servants throughout King County government, he put together a package of proposals that reforms the criminal legal system, and funds ongoing work to confront racism as a public health crisis.