A contract has been awarded to PJM Construction for the sidewalk
improvements for the project. The contract includes the following
work: sidewalk replacement on the west sides of the 1100 and 1500
blocks of Bigelow Ave. N; installation of a new sidewalk on the
east side of W. McGraw PL between Smith St and 2nd Ave W; sidewalk
replacement on the west end of the south side of the 500 block of
W Raye Street; and sidewalk replacement on the west side of 8th
Ave W between W Armour Street and W Newell Street. The work will
begin on the 1500 block of Bigelow Ave N. on August 11 and will
be complete by the end of year.
Additional work is being completed by Parks crews. To date they
have installed two blocks of new crushed rock path on Bigelow
Ave N. Additional work includes: renovating the crushed rock path
on the south side of Smith Street between 1st Ave N and Warren
Ave N; removal of fences and installation of a new crushed rock
path on the west side of W McGraw Place between W Smith Street/1st
Ave W and W McGraw Place/2nd Ave W; removal of impediments along
both sides of McGraw Place between Warren Ave N and the McGraw
Street bridge. Work will be complete by the end of the year.
Parks has held three meetings to collect comments on the improvements
to Queen Anne Boulevard. The agendas and notes from those meetings
are linked on the bottom of this web page.
The first two public meetings solicited community input on their
priorities for improvements. At the third meeting Parks presented
a final design develpment plan to the community for their review.
LOCATION
The Boulevard is a series of streets and avenunes on the crown of Queen Anne. See the link below.
BUDGET
The Pro Parks Levy provides $500,000 project costs of planning, design and construction.
SCHEDULE
Planning:Summer 2006.
Design:Fall 2006 - Summer 2007
Construction:Fall - Winter 2007
Completion:Winter 2007/2008
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Upgrade the historic Queen Anne Boulevard including pedestrian amenities,
lighting, landscaping, etc.