Jenny A.

Durkan, Mayor

Sam Zimbabwe Director

MEMORANDUM

Date: February 1, 2019

To: Seattle City Council
From: Quinn Majeski, Government Relations and Policy Analyst, SDOT; Bill LaBorde, Acting
Council Liaison, SDOT
Subject: Major Maintenance and Planned Transportation Improvements for the Interbay
Corridor; Response to Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) 35-15-A-2-2019

The following memo responds to SLI 35-15-A-2-2019, requesting that SDOT provide a report identifying
the major maintenance needs and planned transportation improvements for the Interbay corridor. The
SLI defines the Interbay corridor as:
• N.E. 145th St. and N. 145th St. (from Interstate-5 to Greenwood Ave. N.)
• Greenwood Ave. N. (from N. 145th St to Holman Rd. N.)
• Holman Rd. N. and Holman Rd. N.W. (from Greenwood Ave. N. to 15th Ave. N.W.)
• 15th Ave. N.W. and 15th Ave. W. (from Holman Rd. N.W. to Elliot Ave. W.)
• Elliot Ave. W. and Elliot Ave. (from 15th Ave. W to Broad St.)
• Broad St. (from Elliot Ave. to Alaskan Way)
• Alaskan Way and Alaskan Way S. (from Broad St. to S. Atlantic St.)

An inventory of projects in the Interbay Corridor begins on page 2 of this memo. Each project includes a
preliminary cost estimate, the major sources of planned funding, the degree to which the project is
funded, and a target completion date. This document is based on the best current information but is
subject to change based on the funding environment, emerging information and priorities, coordination
with other transportation agencies, and as projects move through feasibility assessments, design, and
construction.

Major unfunded projects are the Ballard Bridge Replacement and Magnolia Bridge Replacement.
Additional unfunded need exists in the intermediate term, but based on how projects are scaled during
design to meet available funding, that need exists at a programmatic budget level rather than an
individual project level. More information on funding levels for levy funded programs, including Bridges,
Multimodal Corridors, and Pedestrian/Bicycle can be found in the recently updated Levy to Move Seattle
Workplan Report (November 2018).
Interbay Corridor Project List
KEY
Pedestrian/Bicycle General Purpose Bridge Operations

Transit Freight

Early Start (0-12 Months):

Completion Preliminary Cost
Type/Benefit Project Funding Source Funded Notes
Target Estimate (thousands)
Magnolia Bridge: planning
study regarding the future
Levy to Move
Q1 2019 Magnolia Bridge Planning Study $1,000 Yes structural rehabilitation or
Seattle
replacement of the existing
bridge
Improvements around
Levy to Move Whitman Middle School
Q1 2019 N 92nd St. Neighborhood Greenway $3,200 Yes
Seattle sidewalks, greenway along
92nd.
Signalization for crossing
below the pedestrian bridge
Holman Road and 13th Ave NW Neighborhood
Q1 2019 $1,100 Yes at 13th and Holman.
Signal Street Fund
Extension of sidewalk in
Crown Hill Park.
NW 132nd Street is a major
Your Voice Your Choice - N 132nd St
Your Voice Your pedestrian connection for kids
Q1 2019 low-cost walkway between 3rd and $90 Yes
Choice and parents accessing
Greenwood
Broadview Thomson K-8.
Prep work by SDOT crews
Preventative underway (2018) for the 2019
Slurry Seal Program, Grid 6C
Q3 2019 $1,200 Maintenance Yes Slurry Seal Program; includes
(Magnolia/Queen Anne)
Fund pavement spot repairs and
base repairs

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 Levy to Move
Greenwood Ave N between 136th East side of Greenwood is in
Seattle, Safe
Q4 2019 and 145th - Sidewalk replacement $7,350 Yes construction, West side is in
Routes to
and repaving design.
Schools
Planning study to assess
options and identify preferred
Levy to Move alternative for future
Q4 2019 Ballard Bridge Planning Study $1,000 Yes
Seattle structural rehabilitation or
replacement of the existing
bridge
APS and controller upgrade
Your Voice Your Choice - 15th Ave for the existing signal at 15th
Your Voice Your
Q4 2019 NW & NW Market St signal $35 Yes Ave NW & NW Market St.
Choice
improvements (project may be scaled back
due to cost)
NASRR funds non-arterial
ITS on Elliot Ave and 15th Ave Expedia Campus paving projects; location and
Q4 2019 between W Armour St. and Harrison $621 Redevelopment Yes schedule are subject to
St. Project change based on emerging
paving needs.

Short-Term (1-3 Years):

Completion Preliminary Cost
Type/Benefit Project Funding Source Funded Notes
Target Estimate (thousands)
Potential bicycle safety
improvements to south end of
Ballard Bridge South Bicycle & Ballard Bridge at W Emerson
Levy to Move Programmatic
2020 Pedestrian Connection Safety $1,800** St Interchange (dependent on
Seattle Gap*
Improvements other bike/ped funding
priorities and technical
analysis)

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 Paving, signals, trolley
Levy to Move
infrastructure, pedestrian
Seattle, Arterial
2020 Burke Gilman Trail Missing Link $26,000 Yes crossings and other corridor
Asphalt and
improvements. Includes
Concrete
repaving of 54th St.
Levy to Move
2020 W Howe St Bridge Seismic Retrofit $4,200 Yes
Seattle
Included in Freight Master
Ballard Interbay Plan (#6) and Implementation
Manufacturing/Industrial Center Plan. Identify projects to
2020 $200 Freight Program Yes
(BINMIC) Truck Route Improvements address freight geometric and
Study operating challenges in the
Ballard area
Install a multi-use path or
Levy to Move
protected bike lane to
Seattle, Bicycle
Programmatic connect the Elliot Bay Trail to
2022 Alaskan Way Protected Bike Lane $7,000 Master Plan,
Gap* the northern end of the Main
Unsecured
Alaskan Way Corridor
Federal Funds
replacement project
A new accessible connection
Multiple city between Pike Place Market
sources, Local and the waterfront. Will take
2022 Overlook Walk $100,000 Improvement Yes peds over the new Alaskan
District, Way without crossing the
philanthropy street and includes seating,
informal play areas and views.
Levy to Move Seismic retrofit of the existing
15th Ave NW & NW Leary Way -
2022 $2,300*** Seattle, Federal Yes bridge at 15th Ave NW & NW
Seismic Retrofit
Funds Leary Way
Seismic retrofit main span of
the existing bridge; depending
Levy to Move
on the results of the planning
Ballard Bridge Main (Bascule) Span - Seattle, Programmatic
2022 $7,500*** study, could be integrated
Seismic Retrofit Unsecured Gap*
with structural rehabilitation
Federal Funds
work or deferred depending
on timing of replacement

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Mid-Term*** (4-6 Years):
Completion Preliminary Cost
Type/Benefit Project Funding Source Funded Notes
Target Estimate (thousands)
Paving, curb ramps, drainage
15th Ave NW AAC - Leary to NW 57th Levy to Move improvements, electrical;
2023 $10,000 Yes
St Seattle includes the Ballard Bridge
Deck
In coordination with the
WSDOT-led projects (Viaduct
Demolition and Battery Street
Tunnel Decommissioning),
rebuild Alaskan Way, new
WSDOT, multiple Elliott Way roadway, and
city sources, improved side street
Local connections (Columbia St,
2023 Alaskan Way Main Corridor $369,282 Yes
Improvement Seneca St, & Lenora St), install
District, new protected bike lane and
philanthropy landscaped promenade along
the waterfront, and replace
the Marion Street Bridge
between Colman Ferry Dock
terminal building and
Western Ave.
This project will design and
Levy to Move Partial
Fremont Transit-Plus Multimodal implement transit speed and
Seattle, ($12.9M) /
2024 Corridor - 15th Ave W/Holman Rd N $22,900 reliability improvements
Unsecured Programmatic
(NW 85th St to N 105 St) along route 40 between
Federal Funds Gap*
Denny Triangle and Northgate
Not a City-funded or led
Sound Transit 3 RapidRide C/D
2024 $30,000-$35,000 Sound Transit 3 Yes project but significant to the
Improvements
corridor and surrounding area

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Long Term (7 to 15 Years):
Completion Preliminary Cost
Type/Benefit Project Funding Source Funded Notes
Target Estimate (thousands)
In-Kind: $340,000-
$420,000
Armory Bridge Alt:
$200,000-$350,000
TBD Magnolia Bridge Replacement Dravus Etc. Alt: TBD No
$190,000-$310,000
Dravus & Garfield
Bridge Alt: $170,000-
$280,000

Additional cost information

TBD Ballard Bridge Replacement $500,000-$1,000,000 TBD No
pending 2019 Planning Study

Alaska Way Seawall North

TBD $360,000 TBD No
Replacement

Footnotes:
* This individual project is considered funded, but its program within the Levy is underfunded/overcommitted. This project is being designed within this funding
environment and may be scaled back, delayed, or deferred.
** This is funded from the $4.9 million that is allocated for Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge Safety Improvements. The level of construction outcome commitment for these
improvements is dependent upon the number of projects and final cost to implement each project.
*** This planning level cost estimate includes construction hard costs but does not include contingency or soft costs. Funds beyond the stated construction hard costs
have not been secured. The total unfunded amount for the Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program is $29.9 million.
**** There will be smaller scale maintenance and/or programmatic Capital Improvement Program projects that will be prioritized during the mid-term period, but such
projects are not identified far enough in advance to provide at this point. These projects typically include spot paving, sidewalk repair, and possibly bicycle
improvements.
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