Surveying error forces SDOT to redo Airport Way bike lane curbs
Mar 18, 2026, 4:30 PM
A person bikes on a two-way protected bike lane on Airport Way South. (Photo courtesy of SDOT)
(Photo courtesy of SDOT)
A KIRO Newsradio listener reached out to me recently, asking about the new protected bike lanes on Seattle’s Airport Way.
The lanes opened just a few months ago.
The listener told me the concrete curb protecting the two-way bike lane was being torn up by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), and wanted to know what was happening.
It turns out SDOT made a surveying error in a small section of Airport Way, where the road narrows slightly. Trucks and other big rigs were having trouble negotiating the road without hitting the concrete curbing.
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The city is now tearing out about 500 feet of curb between South Edmunds Street and South Alaska Street. It is narrowing the bike lanes by about a foot.
The newly installed curbs should be finished soon.
Chris Sullivan is a traffic reporter for KIRO Newsradio. Read more of his stories here. Follow KIRO Newsradio traffic on X.
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