$250K Seattle traffic signal: How much does improving a neighborhood cost?
Feb 26, 2019, 6:09 AM | Updated: 12:16 pm
How much does it cost for something as simple as putting in a new traffic signal? How about a crosswalk? It’s easy to ask the city for projects like that, but to actually implement them is more than a little pricey.
RELATED: SDOT reports 20 percent decrease in cyclists
Monday marks the beginning of the last week to share feedback on Seattle transportation projects proposed by citizens, as part of the Neighborhood Street Fund. Those proposals include dozens of possible projects across the city, including requests for curb installations, crosswalks, sidewalks, and more.
But how much would any one of those cost the city to actually execute?
According to estimates from the Seattle Department of Transportation, a request for a traffic signal in Loyal Heights across 15th Avenue Northwest at Northwest 83rd Street would cost upwards of $250,000.
That same proposal also calls for a marked crosswalk, a project that comes with a price tag between $10,000 and $20,000.
A citizen’s request for an ADA-compliant ramp in Briarcliff at Magnolia Boulevard and Dravus Street would cost the city between $15,000 and $25,000.
Meanwhile, a proposal for a sidewalk on the west side of the 6800 block of Sylvan Way Southwest runs the city a whopping $350,000 to $500,000 per block.
You can see the full list of proposed projects here.
RELATED: A detailed look at Seattle’s snow response
The full proposal process runs across four stages — sending in proposals (between October and November 2018), prioritizing the projects (January to February 2019), neighborhood voting on projects (April to May 2019), and then in June, the winning projects get selected.
Projects that are considered for transportation-related improvements must range between $100,000 to $1 million, and cover things like sidewalk repair, pedestrian lighting, bike safety improvements, and more.
Funding comes out of a 2015-voter approved, nine-year levy for Move Seattle, designed to “enhance safety for all travelers, maintain streets and bridges, and invest in reliable, affordable travel options.” That levy included $24 million for the Neighborhood Street Fund.
Follow @http://twitter.com/Mynorthwest
