Flush with state dollars, Seattle's Aurora redesign emerges: potentially lower speeds, more bike paths

With the passage of the Washington Legislature’s transportation package arrives $50 million in new funding for the redesign of specific stretches of Aurora Avenue North. Those dollars are tied to the requirement that the city completes its design change plans by Sept. 30, 2023, and begins construction by March 1, 2024.

“Aurora Ave N safety improvements are a critical part of a much larger citywide effort to improve traffic safety,” an SDOT spokesperson wrote in a news release. “While we have made numerous investments to make our streets safer, including reducing speed limits and creating safer crosswalk signals citywide as well as redesigning other dangerous streets like Rainier Ave S, we recognize that traffic safety trends are moving in the wrong direction and there is a lot more work to do. We must continue to work to design a safer transportation system, and this investment to Aurora Ave N will be a key part of that overall strategy.”.

The group calls out a number of improvements that they would like to see made to the highway, including: more space for pedestrians, wider sidewalks, a greater number of traffic crossings, reduced speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour, narrower lanes, designated schools zones near Robert Eagle Staff Middle School, added bike lanes, and “anti-displacement policies and funding to ensure that small businesses are protected and have affordable rents in the future.

SDOT has made changes to Aurora piecemeal over the years. In April of 2021, speed limits were reduced to 30 mph between 85th and 109th Streets, and to 35 mph between 115th Street and 145th Street. In February of this year, SDOT announced that construction of the Green Lake outer loop bike path would begin in the summer or fall of 2022.With the new surfeit of funds, the city has the shot in the arm it needs to complete a redesign that has germinated for years.

'Wider sidewalks and added bike lanes and more pedestrian friendly.' Translation: Reduced lanes for vehicle traffic, more lights, lower speed limits. Result is less viable travel route. All part of the Force People Out of Cars agenda.

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