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‘Collab #2’ continues community design process for new I-5 lid

A team presentation from Collab #1

The second in three “collab” events to fine tune community-driven design concepts for a new lid over I-5 will take place Tuesday night.

Lid I-5 Collab #2

The Lid I-5 Collab #2 will focus on taking the project through the “60%” design stage, organizers say. It will be followed by a final collaborative event on August 1st and a presentation of the final design in October.

“The program starts with update presentations from each of the design teams. Hear proposals for knitting together Seattle’s core neighborhoods with new city parks, more homes and business opportunities, and new street connections,” Central Hills Triangle Collaborative organizers write. “Following will be an open house and a chance to talk with the designers one-on-one. Your feedback is needed to ensure we get the vision right!”

You’ll also enjoy some chow from Homegrown sandwiches and, yes, there will be a cash bar.

The second collaborative event comes as the final public benefits package for the Washington State Convention Center expansion project was approved in May including $1.5 million to pay for a study of a possible lid across I-5 near the project.

CHS coverage from the first collaboration event in March is here.

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Nope
Nope
5 years ago

Don’t they get embarrassed at some point spending money on designs for something that will never happen ? We’re struggling to finish 520, build mass transit, bike lanes, homeless camps etc etc. Seattle basically collapses when I5 closes for day. But lets figure out how to build a park on top of it !

local
local
5 years ago
Reply to  Nope

The notion is that I-5 is already overdue for major reconstruction… and the high value land created by a cap would actually more than pay for itself in a public-private partnership and increased tax revenue moving forward.

Now whether a city council like Seattle’s can actually execute something like this is another story. I can only imagine the debates given the council’s demands regarding the forthcoming new Montlake Bridge.

local
local
5 years ago
Reply to  local

http://mynorthwest.com/355599/new-montlake-bridge-coming-with-520-project/?

Build a new bridge to address a current choke point at one of only 3 N-S residential crossings… and then forbid it’s use by cars or buses. I’m sure the neighborhood loves having thousands of cars spewing pollution while queuing for 520 and the bridge.

Based on this, I imagine council would vote for a multi-billion dollar I-5 cap, but prevent it from having any housing or commercial development. Just paths and camp-space.

I’m being snarky, but it is hard to trust council given its recent poor return on investments in infrastructure. And I’m actually for those types of investments… I just think the current council is incapable of executing because they put ideology before competency.

Jim98122x
Jim98122x
5 years ago
Reply to  Nope

Just tell the Clowncil to get Amazon to pay for it. They’ll be all over it.

Brian
Brian
5 years ago

Lol what, “60% design stage”? Isn’t this group is still hashing out the scope of what their dream lid will look like?

ltfd
ltfd
5 years ago

Studied landscape architecture, love the concept, but recognize that there IS NO MONEY.