West Seattle traffic alert: Junction alley, street closure coming up

The ongoing project at California/Alaska/42nd brings some traffic alerts for next week and the following weekend. While we’re told the notice from general contractor Andersen Construction has already been circulated to nearby businesses and residents, we thought you might appreciate advance notice too, especially about the one block of SW Alaska that will be closed 7 am-10 pm on November 23 and again the following day. The full notice:

Andersen Construction will be performing work in SW Alaska Street on 11/23/13 and 11/24/13 and in adjacent Alley from 11/19/13 to 11/24/13. During this time, primary feeders will be relocated from overhead power poles to an underground ductbank.

The South end of the Alley located North of SW Alaska Street between California Ave SW and 42nd Ave SW will be closed to through traffic and pedestrians from Tuesday, 11/19/13 to Sunday, 11/24/13. Egress will remain open through the North end of the Alley. We may temporarily relocate your garbage and recycling dumpsters, if necessary, in order to remain accessible for your use and scheduled pick-ups.

SW Alaska Street between California Ave SW and 42nd Ave SW will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, 11/23/13 and 11/24/13 from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm. This road will be open to traffic before and after work hours; one sidewalk along SW Alaska Street will also remain open during this time.

That weekend is a big one for holiday open houses, with at least three that we know of, but this is NOT affecting parking; we’re not seeing bus-reroute info on the Metro website yet, but will update when that’s out. Keep an eye on our daily traffic/transit roundups next week (always linked atop the sidebar) for any changes.

Mike November 15, 2013 (4:30 pm)

Amazing that City allows this kind of disruption for private benefit.

CW November 15, 2013 (7:29 pm)

Mike, the City will get a lot of money from this project so it is more than happy to help.

Paul November 16, 2013 (5:03 am)

Whoever approved this work probably didn’t know about any holiday open houses and likely thought that daytime weekend closures would have a lower impact than weekday closures. Typically, the preference is to allow noisy construction work during the day rather than have crews make noise all night.

Gene November 16, 2013 (7:25 am)

The South end of the Alley located North of SW Alaska Street between California Ave SW and 42nd Ave SW will be closed to through traffic and pedestrians from Tuesday, 11/19/13 to Sunday, 11/24/13. Egress will remain open through the North end of the Alley. We may temporarily relocate your garbage and recycling dumpsters, if necessary, in order to remain accessible for your use and scheduled pick-ups.

It will be interesting to see just where they relocate the dumpsters & garbage cans !

patt November 16, 2013 (9:06 am)

How will this affect the buses?

SW Alaska Street between California Ave SW and 42nd Ave SW will be closed on Saturday and Sunday,

WSB November 16, 2013 (9:36 am)

Patt – if you see at the end of the story, I have noted that Metro has not yet posted anything. Which means, we don’t know. I only got word of this yesterday afternoon, and did not get a chance to contact Metro to ask, but if it’s not on their online list of alerts by Monday morning, I will. Otherwise, what you see here is every shred of info we have.

SD November 22, 2013 (7:00 pm)

With all the Junction area construction projects, I’m curious whose job it is to make sure that multiple street closures for different projects don’t happen at the same time. Who issues permits for closures? Is that a SDOT role?

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