The construction of the final segment of the Seattle Shore project begins – Queen Anne News

The last segment of Seattle’s revitalization began construction six years after the viaduct of the Alaskan Road was demolished in early 2019.

The Bell Street Improvement Project broke up on Tuesday. The project will improve the connections from the Beltown neighborhood to the shore of 1 Avenue – the Avenue Elliott segment.

In particular, the Bell Street improvement project will build a two-way protected tape, remove the travel strap and expand the sidewalks to soothe the Bell Street traffic flow.

“New and improved pedestrian and bicycle links between Belltown and Waterfront are crucial to the increase of legs, providing benefits for community and local businesses and creating safer routes for cyclists traveling around the city,” says the mayor, “says the mayor Seattle Bruce Harel in a statement on Tuesday. “We are one step closer to the realization of our vision for our coast and a stronger city center.”

This project amounts to $ 5.2 million, or less than 1% of the total number of $ 806 million funded for the Waterfront Park project, which is funded by a combination of public and private investment, with the city contributing to $ 320 million.

Part of the funding for the inspection on the coast comes from property owners in the border area of ​​the coast. The part of the property owners of the funds is based on the “special benefit” they receive from these improvements.

The tax is an annual payment for valuation based on an estimate of $ 1,000 paid for 20 years at a 3.8% interest rate. According to the Waterfront Seattle website, the total payment from 2022 to 2041 will be approximately $ 1586 based on a $ 1,000 estimate for a property owner in the area.

The Bell Street improvement project is expected to be completed in early summer.

The project to revive the total end of the seafront is initially expected to end at the end of 2023. However, this was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lack of concrete availability between December 2021 and April 2022 as a result On a concrete hit in King County in King County, according to Waterfront Seattle.