The City of Seattle Department of Transportation will be making modifications to N 34th Street between Stone Way and Fremont Avenue North, and the initial construction, starting this week, will require a temporary detour of the Burke-Gilman Trail. The N 34th St Mobility Project will include sidewalk improvements and cycle lanes along this stretch of the arterial, similar to those installed on N 34th west of Evanston Ave N.
This initial phase of construction will require a detour off the Burke-Gilman bike trail, and aiding pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorized transport through the Stone Way and N 34th St intersection.
A second phase of construction will detour pedestrians and passer-by off the sidewalk and onto the Burke-Gilman Trail, in roughly three weeks time. All the detours will only last for at most a two-block distance (from Stone Way to Troll Ave N.)
The safety of pedestrians and cyclists are a priority, and signage and flagging will be about keeping these vulnerable forms of traffic safe.
Information about all the work being done, including work times and planning procedures, on the N 34th St Mobility Project can be found on the Seattle.gov website (click here.)
While on the Seattle.gov website, please consider giving input on an upcoming, and vital, project. The City of Seattle must repair the failing seawall along N Northlake Way. The Department of Transportation needs to know how we all use N Northlake Way in order to determine the extent to which they will preserve and reconstruct the retaining wall, and Northlake Way. Please answer the ten-minute survey, click here, and share this link with others who use N Northlake Way and will be impacted by anything done, or not done, during the preservation of this seawall.