Meeting will address SODO traffic, South Park Bridge | Events

The following statement was released by the Manufacturing Industry Council last week.

A meeting has been scheduled to discuss future traffic issues in SODO as well as the future of the South Park Bridge tomorrow on Tuesday, Apr. 6, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center, 6737 Corson Ave. S.

North-south traffic around Spokane Street routinely slows to a crawl these days due to lane closures and construction work on Airport Way, Fourth Avenue South and First Avenue South. Get used to it because traffic in SODO is going to be disrupted for the next five to six years due to major construction projects involving the south end of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the Spokane Street Viaduct and the Deep Bore Tunnel to replace the rest of the Alaskan Way elevated structure.

These and other topics, including the fate of the South Park Bridge, will be discussed at a meeting Tuesday, April 6, with Tom Rasmussen, chair of the Seattle City Council transportation committee, and Jan Drago, the new King County Council person for District 8, which takes in the greater Duwamish planning area. Rasmussen and Drago will meet with the Duwamish Transportation Management Association starting at noon in Room B113 at the Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center in Georgetown.

The second half of the meeting, from 1 to 2 p.m., will focus on highway and transit planners responsible for detours and route changes as result of the Alaskan Way Viaduct construction work that will begin later this year.

Both meetings are open to the public. RSVP to Pam at 206-762-2470 so an adequate number of chairs is available. The meeting room is in Building B. Use the driveway at 6770 East Marginal Way and find parking east of the building.