Fwd: Greenwood sidewalk closure and in-street detour need - a picture worth a thousand words.

[Lee Bruch]

Below is another email to SDOT asking for protection at the sidewalk beside Greenwood’s slumping building

Lee Bruch

Via clumsy thumbs on my iPhone

206-355-4282

Lee....@outlook.com

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From: Douglas MacDonald <dbmac...@earthlink.net>
Date: September 21, 2022 at 6:17:31 AM PDT
To: Elizabeth Sheldon <Elizabet...@seattle.gov>
Cc: Douglas Macdonald <dbmac...@earthlink.net>, Brent McFarlane <mcfa...@me.com>, lee....@outlook.com, mrn...@gmail.com, Eitan Levi <ei...@skrud.ca>, "Burgesser, David" <David.B...@seattle.gov>, "Dougherty, Brian" <brian.d...@seattle.gov>, "Skinner, Jonathan" <Jonathan...@seattle.gov>, "Hewitt, Tom" <Tom.H...@seattle.gov>, "Rasmussen, Betty" <Betty.R...@seattle.gov>, John Dierks <johnd...@gmail.com>
Subject: Greenwood sidewalk closure and in-street detour need - a picture worth a thousand words.



Good morning, Liz.

You already have seen this photo, circulated by one of the many concerned citizens. The key takeaway is the double risk to pedestrians. On the left, people will walk on the sidewalk until it is properly closed. On there right, the individual detouring himself into the street to bypass the sidewalk danger absolutely needs the protection of barriers to isolate that walking route from active bike and motor vehicle traffic on Greenwood.

All real “solutions” will surely take time, etc., But now SDOT must install a barrier-protected access on a portion of the street to allow safe pedestrian travel.  

I hope we’ll see that soon. Maybe it happened yesterday? Certainly today?  Safety is SDOT’s core value.

Thanks.

 - Doug

safe per

[John Dierks]

The city installed more robust barriers to prevent folks waking past the building which solves half the problem. There are detour signs at each end of the block telling peds to cross Greenwood using the unmarked crosswalks at 77th and 78th St, but they have also closed the parking and put cones in the street to create an space to skirt the closure without crossing the street if one is able/willing to step off the curb and walk in the street. 

I am glad for the improvement but I’m worried it may look like this for months. 

Images of the new setup:

https://i.imgur.com/dNle6Rl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dNz5oN2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/P3CVjVd.jpg

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