Flush with state dollars, Seattle’s Aurora redesign emerges: potentially lower speeds, more bike paths

With the passage of the Washington Legislature’s transportation package arrives $50 million in new funding for the redesign of specific stretches of Aurora Avenue North. Those dollars are tied to the requirement that the city completes its design change plans by Sept. 30, 2023, and begins construction by March 1, 2024.

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That funding comes as the Seattle Department of Transportation is set to begin a comprehensive, long-term safety study for the noted-dangerous stretch of highway that has claimed the lives of 18 in the last five years, 15 of whom were pedestrians.

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