20 Oct WSDOT neighborhood meeting Thursday to talk viaduct + parking

On the third Thursday of each month, WSDOT and SDOT, in cooperation with the Alliance for Pioneer Square, host a public meeting to discuss plans to replace the seismically vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct and seawall. The meetings provide project information, and give neighbors an opportunity to comment and ask questions about how the viaduct replacement will affect the Pioneer Square neighborhood.

This month’s meeting is at noon on Thursday, Oct. 21 at the Klondike Gold Rush Museum (319 Second Ave. S).

Meeting topics include:

• Central waterfront viaduct replacement – SDEIS overview: Next week the Federal Highway Administration, WSDOT and City of Seattle will release a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement that analyzes the bored tunnel alternative. Learn about the purpose of the document and how you can comment on the project.
• Viaduct construction update: Construction to replace the southern mile of the viaduct is underway. Find out how current and upcoming work will affect you, and what state and local agencies are doing to keep the neighborhood vital during construction.
• Parking in Pioneer Square: The Center City Parking Program is the City of Seattle’s work plan to address Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall replacement project changes to on-street parking with new marketing, way-finding and technology measures, coupled with potential changes to on-street parking. SDOT staff will give an overview of the Center City Parking Program’s strategies to help visitors easily find short-term parking during construction. The discussion will include information about the City’s recently launched e-Park guidance system, which is expected to expand to Pioneer Square by 2012, and updates of two Pioneer Square parking studies that are currently being conducted.