Voice Your Support of a Safe Crossing Over I-5
Make public comment at City Council Budget Committee meeting this Thursday, October 28 at 9:30am.
Online registration to speak at the Select Budget Committee meeting will begin two hours before the 9:30am meeting start time, and registration will end at the conclusion of the Public Comment period during the meeting. Speakers must be registered in order to be recognized by the Chair.
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Note: Registration opens 7:30am on Thursday. |
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Meeting Details
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Meeting Date:
Thursday, October 28th at 9:30am Meeting Location: Remote Meeting. Call 253-215-8782; Meeting ID: 586 416 9164; or Seattle Channel online. Meeting Agenda: Agenda for Thursday, October 28th Committee Website: http://www.seattle.gov/council/committees/budget Sign Up to Make Public Comment http://www.seattle.gov/council/committees/public-comment |
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Council Budget Action on Thursday, October 28th
Title: Add $150,000 to SDOT’s Pedestrian Master Plan - Crossing Improvements (MC-TR-C061) CIP Project for the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5, and impose a proviso.
This Council Budget Action would add $150,000 of Transportation Fund to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for the Pedestrian Master Plan - Crossing Improvements (MC-TR-C061) CIP Project. This funding would support improvements to the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 to facilitate pedestrian safety across the structure.
In the 2021 Adopted Budget, the Council added $400,000 of General Fund to the Bike Master Plan - Protected Bike Lanes (MC-TR-C062) CIP Project and directed that these funds be used for bicycle and pedestrian improvements along NE 45th Street between Wallingford and the University District Light Rail Station. SDOT expended $50,000 of these funds in 2021, and has $350,000 remaining unexpended for this purpose. These unexpended capital appropriations will carry-forward into 2022 unless affirmatively abandoned by legislative action.
This Council Budget Action would direct the remaining $350,000 of unexpended funds in the Bike Master Plan - Protected Bike Lanes (MC-TR-C062) CIP Project, together with the new $150,000 in the Pedestrian Master Plan - Crossing Improvements (MC-TR-C061) CIP Project towards facilitating non-motorized safety across the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 that connects the Wallingford neighborhood with the University District neighborhood which has a new Link light rail station.
This Council Budget Action would impose the following proviso:
"Of the appropriations in the 2022 budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation's Mobility Capital BSL, $500,000 is appropriated solely for non-motorized safety improvements for the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 and may be spent for no other purpose."
This Council Budget Action would add $150,000 of Transportation Fund to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for the Pedestrian Master Plan - Crossing Improvements (MC-TR-C061) CIP Project. This funding would support improvements to the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 to facilitate pedestrian safety across the structure.
In the 2021 Adopted Budget, the Council added $400,000 of General Fund to the Bike Master Plan - Protected Bike Lanes (MC-TR-C062) CIP Project and directed that these funds be used for bicycle and pedestrian improvements along NE 45th Street between Wallingford and the University District Light Rail Station. SDOT expended $50,000 of these funds in 2021, and has $350,000 remaining unexpended for this purpose. These unexpended capital appropriations will carry-forward into 2022 unless affirmatively abandoned by legislative action.
This Council Budget Action would direct the remaining $350,000 of unexpended funds in the Bike Master Plan - Protected Bike Lanes (MC-TR-C062) CIP Project, together with the new $150,000 in the Pedestrian Master Plan - Crossing Improvements (MC-TR-C061) CIP Project towards facilitating non-motorized safety across the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 that connects the Wallingford neighborhood with the University District neighborhood which has a new Link light rail station.
This Council Budget Action would impose the following proviso:
"Of the appropriations in the 2022 budget for the Seattle Department of Transportation's Mobility Capital BSL, $500,000 is appropriated solely for non-motorized safety improvements for the NE 45th Street crossing of Interstate 5 and may be spent for no other purpose."
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