The Seattle Department of Transportation is starting sidewalk construction during the next few days on an Alki Avenue sidewalk as requested by the Alki Community Council.

The community group requested the city fill in a gaps in the sidewalks along the water side of Alki Avenue Southwest, just west of Alki Beach to Beach Drive Southwest.

The new sidewalk will provide a safe, accessible pedestrian walkway while minimizing impacts to parking and adjacent properties, according to the city.

City crews are scheduled to begin the work Monday, March 16 and are expected to complete it before the end of May, weather permitting.

Other locations to have sidewalk work done around the same time are in Belltown and First Hill

The projects were requested by neighborhood organizations through the Neighborhood Street Fund large projects program, and funded by the Bridging the Gap transportation initiative, approved by Seattle voters.