Fauntleroy Way Boulevard Project

Fauntleroy Way Neighborhood Business Association

Junction Neighborhood Organization (JuNO)
April 19, 2017
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Presentation overview
Project background and overview
Timeline
What weve heard
Traffic studies
Construction planning
Working with businesses
Next steps
Q&A
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 Project area
FAUNTLEROY WAY
BOULEVARD PROJECT
AREA

35TH AVE SW
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SW ALASKA ST

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Project goals
Respond to community
needs identified in the West
Seattle Triangle Plan and the
Bicycle Master Plan

Improve mobility by
organizing the street to be
more predictable and
comfortable for everyone:
people driving, walking, or
biking

Enhance Fauntleroys role as a

key entrance to West Seattle
Typical cross section
Background
1999: Community-led planning begins
2012: Concept design finalized
2014: Bike Master Plan designated Fauntleroy Way
for a PBL
2014-2015: Meetings with residents, businesses and
stakeholders
2015: Project put on-hold at 60% design
2016: Additional project funding approved as part
of Move Seattle levy

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2017 timeline
Jan March: Meetings with property/business owners
and stakeholder groups
March: Project Walk and Talks
April/May: 90% design milestone
Review traffic study data
Incorporate business design elements (driveway adjustments)
June/July: 100% design milestone
Summer: Individual pre-construction meetings with
businesses
October: Choose contractor
Early 2018: Begin construction
March Walk and Talks
March 16 and 18, 2017
115 attendees
61 total comments:
26 in-person
35 online/email
Walk and Talk feedback
Strong support for
pedestrian improvements
Support for landscaping
plan
Concerns about traffic
congestion
Concern about
construction impacts and
ideas for communicating
with neighborhood during
construction
Community feedback
What weve heard
Concern regarding increased
traffic congestion
Interest in additional crossing near
37th Ave
Interest in extending
improvements through 35th Ave
intersection
Business access is critical
How weve responded
Revised traffic study looking at
right-turn pockets
Review traffic implications of
adding additional crosswalk
near 37th Ave
Review additional improvements
for 35th Ave intersection
Analyze left turn movements
Explore parking management
Review driveway and load zone
designs with each business
 Landscaping
Planting strip

Planting strip and median

Laurel Dogwood

Accents

Tupelo Cedar

Geranium Iris
2017 traffic study methods
Collected via in-person observation traffic
counts on Feb. 14, 16, and 28, 2017
Forecasting 2019 traffic:
Current new construction
Permitted projects
1% annual growth rate
Signal timing changes
Ferry traffic
Overall traffic results

Peak hour travel times on Fauntleroy between 35th and Alaska

2017 2019 projection
(year of opening)

AM toward the
1 minute 48 seconds 2 minutes 48 seconds
bridge
PM away from
1 minute 54 seconds 2 minutes 6 seconds
the bridge
Avalon and Oregon interserctions
AM Peak
2017 2019 projection
(year of opening)
R-turn lane Thru lane R-turn vehicles Thru lane
average delay average delay average delay average
(seconds) (seconds) (seconds) delay
Fauntleroy Way at (seconds)
SW Oregon St 1.7 4.4 12.2 14.9
SW Avalon St 11.1 15.8 30.1 14.5

PM Peak
2017 2019 projection
(year of opening)
R-turn lane Thru lane R-turn vehicles Thru lane
average delay average delay average delay average delay
(seconds) (seconds) (seconds) (seconds)
Fauntleroy Way at
SW Oregon St 8.7 9.1 27.4 24.3
SW Avalon St 16.3 6.8 26.3 9.8
35th & Fauntleroy intersection
Additional improvements for
35th and Fauntleroy
intersection:
New signal mast arms
Curb ramps
Pedestrian push buttons and
count down signals
Repainting crosswalks

Not including:
Changes in lane configurations
Parking management
Exploring options for short-
term parking restrictions on
side-streets to increase
turnover
Will review pros and cons
and provide opportunities
for public input
Additional crosswalk analysis

Location analyzed for

crosswalk addition
Left-turn access via median
Left-turn access via median

Approximate area for potential

median break
 Construction routing
1-way routing 2-way routing

Both options: Business access maintained throughout

construction
Working with you during construction
Strong communication:
Single point of contact, weekly email updates,
individual business updates, telephone hotline
Wayfinding and business signs and maps
Working with contractor:
Encourage crews to park off-site
Limit on-site equipment staging
Maintain access:
Business access maintained
Pedestrian access open on both sides of street
Well-marked pedestrian routes
Office of Economic Development
resources
Free business consulting
Restaurant assistance
Advocacy during permitting processes
Financial consulting
Next steps
DATE ACTIVITY
April/May Collect feedback on left-turn break
May/June Review final driveway designs with
businesses
June/July 2017 Design complete
Final decision on left-turn break
Summer 2017 Pre-construction coordination
Parking management discussion
Early 2018 Anticipated start of construction
Mid-2019 Anticipated end of construction

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Questions?
FauntleroyBLVD@seattle.gov | (206) 727-3994
www.seattle.gov/transportation/FauntleroyWySWBlvd.htm
Norene Pen, Project Manager | Rachel McCaffrey, Outreach Lead

www.seattle.gov/transportation