The City of Seattle is aiming to create an enhanced FOUNDATION OF RESTORING A LOST fish migratory corridor in four primary ways: AN IMPROVED HABITAT: ELLIOTT 1. Provide more light Light penetrating surfaces WATERFRONT BAY’S NEARSHORE in the cantilevered sidewalk will allow light to pass through to the water below. The Seawall Project is one of several ENVIRONMENT exciting improvements included in the YOU’VE GOT When Seattle’s waterfront 2. Create shallower habitat Habitat benches City’s Waterfront Seattle Program, an was developed, Elliott Bay will provide a shallow water habitat with gravel QUESTIONS? effort to create an inviting new public lost many of the habitat surfaces to act as hiding and foraging places for waterfront. Beyond this program, several features associated aquatic life. WE HAVE other significant state and City partner with its native intertidal projects are in progress and planned for ANSWERS. habitat, including sloping 3. Incorporate more texture The face of the Seattle’s waterfront: beaches, crevices, and new seawall has cobbled surfaces and shelves • SR 99 Tunnel Project vegetated hiding places to promote growth of vegetation and marine • Colman Dock for fish. invertebrates. waterfrontseattle.org/seawall • Seattle Aquarium Restoring the salmon • Pike Place Market 4. Provide riparian vegetation Native riparian migration corridor and vegetation will be planted along the seawall and What is the Elliott Test panels of glass, such as improving ecosystem 24 206.618.8584 these shown from beneath productivity are at a new intertidal beach. hr Bay Seawall Project? Pier 62/63, were studied WATERFRONT SEATTLE CORE important objectives of PROJECT AREA for their effectiveness in The City of Seattle is ELLIOTT BAY SEAWALL PROJECT transmitting light. PHASE 1 the Seawall Project. replacing the aging, ELLIOTT BAY SEAWALL PROJECT PHASE 2 failing seawall along the SR 99 TUNNEL PROJECT [email protected] waterfront and improving Seawall Project SEATTLE MULTIMODAL TERMINAL AT (Phase 2) COLMAN DOCK PROJECT the lost nearshore PARTNER PROJECTS Project construction dates are tentative environment. and subject to change Sources: City of Seattle GIS, Google maps, SDOT 2010 Bike Map, ROMA 2002 Urban Design Assessment @WaterfrontSEA Benefits? Definitely. The new seawall will: Rendering of the new sidewalk with embedded glass to transmit light to • Protect public safety water below. • Meet current seismic standards SR 99 Tunnel Project Waterfront Seattle (2011-2015) • Improve the salmon Seawall Project migration corridor (Phase 1: 2013-2016) • Last more than 75 years • Act as the foundation ELLIOTT BAY of Seattle’s future waterfron Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock Project (2015-2020) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information: Materials can Waterfront Seattle be provided in alternative formats—large print, Braille, cassette (Core Projects: 2016+) (Potential Early Projects 2013-2015) tape, or on computer disk—for people with disabilities by contacting 206.618.8584, [email protected]. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may make a request for alternative formats through the Washington Relay Service at 7.1.1. Gribbles are eating away at the THE ORIGINAL seawall’s GETTING TO THE PLANNING MEET YOUR timber SEAWALL support. WATERFRONT IS EASY CONSTRUCTION STREET TEAM The existing seawall has protected Seattle’s - IT’S THE SAME! Seawall construction was planned with a number waterfront for more than 70 years, but time and of goals in mind: a harsh marine environment have weakened We know that • Accommodate waterfront businesses in the the structure. Cracks within the face of the construction can be wall allow salt water and marine borers, called noisy, dirty, disruptive busy summer months gribbles, to infiltrate and eat away the timber and ugly – but it can • Maximize parking and access on the support. As the tide recedes through cracks in also present a unique waterfront the wall, it carries with it fill soil that results in opportunity to explore. Cantilevered sidewalks • Consolidate construction areas into specific dangerous voids underneath Alaskan Way. Throughout construction, you will see a new system Roadway of wayfinding and information along the waterfront locations to minimize impacts in front of The original seawall and throughout the city, all designed to help you waterfront businesses and residences Relieving is more than just the platform navigate to and from the waterfront, and to help you • Accommodate Washington State Ferries concrete face at the edge Pier have a little fun once you get there. queuing at Colman Dock of the water. An estimated support • Coordinate timing with other waterfront 20,000 old growth trees pile projects, such as the SR 99 Tunnel Project were driven into the soil Access routes will vary, but watch for: to build the structure. In Seawall • Clear and robust wayfinding face some locations, like near • A temporary roadway under the viaduct for traffic the historic piers, the Timber • Clear pedestrian and bicycle routes Seawall failure wall is approximately 60 piles (courtesy Seattle PI • East/west access across Alaskan Way in key archives, 1986) feet wide. CONSTRUCTION COST Model of the existing seawall locations The Street Team is your on-the-ground outreach • Temporary fencing around construction areas to BREAKDOWN resource dedicated to providing you the ensure public safety information you need about construction. The Street Team will: Sidewalk with light • Signage for parking in and around the waterfront Habitat and ecosystem THE NEW AND penetrating surface restoration 4% Roadway • Communicate real-time construction updates IMPROVED SEAWALL A PLACE TO PARK and progress The new seawall will be built to current Pier Wondering where you can find parking during • Provide project information and maps seismic standards and is designed to last support construction? Visit downtownseattleparking.com Transportation Seawall pile for the latest information and promotions. • Respond to questions and concerns more than 75 years. Improvements include and access 7% and pier stabilizing the existing soil behind the seawall Seawall structure face 77% • Be on-site daily, living the construction with you face, as well as moving the seawall 10-15 feet Sitework and eastward to accommodate construction and Habitat bench WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN environmental create additional space for habitat. protections 12% During construction, look for the Street Team YOU GET HERE along the waterfront and at many neighborhood events. Contact the team via: • Your favorite waterfront attractions, businesses Model of the new seawall. Jet grouting columns / soil stabilization and events are open and accessible Central Seawall from S. Washington to Virginia • Public parking will be maximized to the streets has been funded and includes: waterfrontseattle.org/seawall The Seawall Project is designed to maintain flexibility extent possible • $290 million, City of Seattle public bond measure for future opportunities. All surface features west of the • Flaggers and innovative wayfinding (November 2012) restored sidewalk will be built in their final state at the will be located throughout the 24hr 206.618.8584 Schematic completion of the seawall project. Elements east of the waterfront to help guide you to and • $28 million, City of Seattle general funding rendering sidewalk, such as the roadway, will be restored in an around the waterfront, as well as • $32 million grant, King County Flood Control of restored interim condition and then redesigned and rebuilt as part sidewalk and through construction areas District [email protected] roadway. of the Waterfront Seattle Program. Getting to the waterfront is easy – it’s the same! EXIT 167 EXIT 167 EXIT 166 SOUTH LAKE UNION Fairview Ave N Mercer St Republican St Howell St Howell 5 EXIT 165A EXIT 164A Olive Way Olive Stewart St Stewart 99 Lenora St Lenora Blanchard St Blanchard 5th Ave 4th Ave Denny Way Madison St Columbia St Columbia James St James Pine St St Pike Union St St University St Seneca Spring St Marion St Cherry St 2nd Ave 1st Ave SEATTLE CENTER Battery St Battery TO STADIUMS Wall St Wall Western Ave 99 Alaskan Way FROM WEST SEATTLE SEATTLE Broad St Broad AQUARIUM PIER 55 PIER 54 Western Ave PIER 57 PIER 56 COLMAN Alaskan Way PIER 59 DOCK Elliott Ave FROM INTERBAY/ PIER 62/63 Typical access routes between BALLARD I-5 and waterfront PIER 66 (Not all potential routes shown) PIER 67 ELLIOTT BAY N PIER 69 PIER 70 schematic, not to scale waterfrontseattle.org/seawall [email protected] 206.618.8584 11.13 Seawall construction is underway, but it’s easy to get to the waterfront. Tips for your travel. From Ballard/Queen Anne • Take Elliott Ave W towards the waterfront • Then turn west on Broad St • Slight left onto Alaskan Way From Seattle Center • Depending where you are in the Seattle Center, you can either: o Take Broad St to Alaskan Way o Take 2nd Ave N south to Wall St, then turn west on Wall St and continue for two blocks to Alaskan Way From Mercer/South Lake Union • Take Broad St west to Alaskan Way From I-5 to the waterfront North • From the north, take the Mercer St exit on the right (exit no. 167) • Continue west on Mercer St • Veer right on to Broad St and continue west to Alaskan Way South • From the south, take Dearborn/Madison St exit on the right (exit no. 164A) • Keep right at the fork, follow signs towards Madison St then turn west • Stay on Madison St until Alaskan Way From I-90/Stadiums to waterfront • Head west