35th Ave SW Safety Project Kicks Off
- Oct. 27, 2014
May 2013 crash 35th/Roxbury. Photo by Christopher Boffoli/West Seattle Blog/used with permission.
James St. Clair was the latest in a long and sad list of pedestrian and bicycle fatalities along 35th Ave SW. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways led a Memorial Walk and Solutions Meeting for Mr. St. Clair in January 2014.
1,065 crashes in 10 years on a three mile stretch of four-lane road lined mainly with single family homes led 35th Avenue SW to be dubbed "I-35" by the community.
Soon after the Memorial Walk and Solutions Meeting for Mr. St. Clair, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced a road safety project.
On October 22, SDOT officially launched their 35th Avenue SW Road Safety Corridor Project at two well-attended meetings.
We will continue to monitor the project and hope that with robust speed control and traffic safety improvements, this residential street will finally become a safe and healthy community connector in West Seattle.