28 Jan Viaduct South Portal Brownbag – today @ noon

There’s a brown bag information session today from 12 – 1:30 regarding the Viaduct South Portal. The south entrance has different proposed locations, one of which would essentially turn 1st Ave into a freeway with major traffic.

I’ve heard that Pioneer Square has not been very well represented at these meetings by business owners and residents, so if you’re able, please try to make it there so that we can voice our concerns.

From Publicola:

“In short, the tunnel project is creating serious fears about its negative impact to Pioneer Square. The session tomorrow is a discussion on how much the project will effect the landscape of the neighborhood. It includes presentations by Bob Powers, deputy director of SDOT, and Ron Paananen, administrator for the viaduct replacement program.

There’s also a panel discussion featuring Cary Moon of the People’s Waterfront Coalition (who called the state of south-portal planning “dreadful” in an editorial last month), Bradley Khouri of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and Lisa Dixon and Adam Hasson of the Pioneer Square Neighborhood Association. The event is sponsored by Great City, the AIA, and the Pioneer Square Community Association.”

Fore more information on the presenters, see AIA’s website here.

Thursday (today) from noon to 1:30 pm, at the Klondike Gold Rush Museum, 319 2nd Ave S.