- Invest in the new infrastructure require to support Seattle’s promising future. We will take the opportunity to use new infrastructure projects to focus on the safety of our residents and further cement Seattle’s climate leadership, including:
- Assess the four options identified in the Magnolia Bridge Planning Study, and be prepared to develop funding to build the identified option.
- Identify leadership opportunities locally, regionally, and nationally and ascertain potential funding sources for the infrastructure in Seattle’s Clean Transportation Electrification Blueprint.
- Upgrade our traffic movement, signal, and crosswalk technology to improve safety. This will include technological options to reduce the number of vehicles that run through traffic signals’ red lights and sound alerts at crosswalks to assist the blind and those who are otherwise occupied.
- Review the transportation priorities that have been identified as a result of the 2015 “Levy to Move Seattle,” that provided $930 million, and the November 2020 Transportation Plan. We will use this review to adjust priorities based upon anticipated funding changes due to COVID-19’s impact on tax revenue and the City’s needs, if necessary. This will include a benefit versus cost analysis of all transportation projects to evaluate our priorities:
- Provide accountable oversight in the rehabilitation of the bridges and roads that have been planned within the “Levy to Move Seattle.”
- Review the Bicycle Master Plan to determine the necessary funding for access and safety.
- Ensure that the West Seattle Bridge repair project is effectively and efficiently managed to be structurally sound, safe, and within budget.
- Identify the funding to repair and maintain not only the West Seattle and Magnolia bridges, but also our drawbridges, pedestrian and bicycle bridges, roads, and sidewalks:
- Review current plans and priorities for repairing and maintaining roads to ensure safety of all users.
- Develop a process to determine and provide the repair and maintenance needed on the city’s 100+ bridges.
- Determine the necessary options to increase crosswalk safety and reduce the number of pedestrians that are injured and/or killed each year.