The Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed for nine days, starting Friday, October 21 through Monday, October 31. The Washington State Department of Transportation is offering two open houses for community members to learn more.
From WSDOT:
At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, WSDOT will close the majority of the SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct until 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, as crews begin demolition of the structure’s south end. Join us at two open houses – 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 10 in West Seattle and 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 12 in Ballard – to learn more about the upcoming closure, your commute options and how SR 99 will change for drivers when it re-opens. Remarks by Seattle and King County councilmembers and program staff will be made at 6:30 p.m.
For more information about the closure visit www.alaskanwayviaduct.org or call the program hotline at 1-888-AWV-LINE (298-5463).
This might be the event that will convince, the unconvinced, that shoring up the Viaduct, as retired civil engineer Victor Gray proposed, was the way to go.