The Ship Canal Water Quality Project construction has begun, including at the site on Interlake Ave N on N 36th St. A screen wall has been installed at this site, with temporary art by Kalee Nelson and Crystal Christopherson upon it.
The temporary art is a large-scale mural featuring a traditional, form-line design of orcas intended to elevate awareness of the missing and murdered indigenous women. To learn more about this art piece, and others to be installed, on-line, click here.
Meanwhile, the Ship Canal Water Quality Project continues with a detour of the Burke-Gilman Trail at the site near the Fred Meyer store between Ballard & Fremont. Cyclists will need to be careful at the railroad crossings, as always, to ride across the tracks at a 90-degree angle.
At the site at 3rd Ave NW (where Leary Way meets NW 36th St,) the pedestrian detour will remain in place. Auto traffic on the arterial will be disrupted, occasionally, as crews search out accurate locations of underground utilities. There will also be two days of work on the water main, in the intersection of Leary and NW 36th – with affected neighbors to be notified at their buildings, five days in advance, with a door hanger.
At the site on the Queen Anne side of the Ship Canal, near the West Ewing Mini Park, the Burke-Gilman Trail will also be detoured due to construction. Community concerns have caused a change in the original plan for the detour, and the temporary trail will now go through a parking lot at Seattle Pacific University, possibly until Summer 2022.
This is an important time to find out about the Ship Canal Water Quality Project. Read about it on the website – click here – and e-mail SPU_ShipCanalProject@seattle.gov or call 206-701-0233 with specific questions.