Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge – New Design

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has a new, completely-reworked design for the Northgate Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge (“The Northgate Bridge”).

They had the original design 30 percent complete in 2015. Concerns over the potential cost overruns were raised, and independent cost validations were performed. As the result, the original design was deemed too costly. A new project team was selected to start from the scratch in 2016. As of today, the new design of the Northgate Bridge is 30 percent complete.

SDOT presented this design to a group of civic stakeholders in a meeting on April 5. The stakeholders included leaders from the Northgate and neighbouring communities, such as Greenwood, Lake City, Licton-Spring and Pinehurst. Notwithstanding the differing views and preferences on the details, the stakeholders liked the design. Here’s the SDOT presentation.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5lj0YATgOZ-Rmd3V1Y0WEMzanM/view?usp=sharing

If you have any questions and/or feedback on the Northgate Bridge, please feel free to send it to info@pinehurstseattle.org, and we will be happy to relay it to the appropriate personnel at SDOT.