Neighborhood Street Fund calls for new applications

SDOT is excited to announce this year’s call for applications for the Neighborhood Street Fund. This fund pays for neighborhood transportation projects identified and prioritized by community members.

In our neighborhood, the most recent project supported by the Neighborhood Street Fund was the West Woodland Elementary pedestrian safety improvement project at 3rd Avenue NW, between NW 56th Street and NW 55th Place.

If you have an idea for a local project, ensure that it meets the following criteria:

• Large, but not too large (generally between $100,000 and $1 million to design and construct)

• Related to transportation

• Located within SDOT right-of-way (city streets and sidewalks)

Past projects, in ours and other neighborhoods, have included new sidewalk construction, sidewalk repair, curb bulbs and intersection redesign, pedestrian lighting and plazas/festival streets.

At the end of this month, the Neighborhood Street Fund will provide each of Seattle’s 13 neighborhood District Councils with all eligible applications submitted within their district boundaries. Ballard District Council will then select the projects that will proceed to the conceptual design phase in our neighborhood.

“If applicants are not already involved in the local Council, we highly recommend working with them on project ideas,” says NSF Program Manager Therese Casper.Click here to connect with Ballard District Council via their Facebook page or attend the next meeting at Ballard Library this Wednesday, April 13.

In May, each Council will forward five projects to SDOT for consideration and evaluation. By this fall, the Mayor and the City Council will decide on the projects that will receive fund.

For the most part, the projects will be designed in 2017 and built in 2018.

To apply visit the Neighborhood Fund website before April 17. Applications should include a location and a problem statement.

For questions contact the team via email at NSF@seattle.gov or call (206) 733-9361.