West Seattle Junction Park Development

Spring 2025

Design and permitting work on the project are progressing. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and GGLO (Landscape Architect) have re-confirmed the design with community events and have been completing the required design work and permit acquisitions. The next step is to perform value engineering to align the design with available funding. Once confirmed, the project will go out to bid.

In the summer of 2020, the City of Seattle focused on essential functions to address the pandemic and economic crisis, which required a significant reprioritization of resources. SPR suspended many capital projects including the development of the West Seattle Junction Park site. In September 2022, the Seattle City Council, acting as the Seattle Park District Board, passed a new six-year funding plan for the 2023-2028 Park District cycle which includes funding for this project and many more. SPR staff put together a plan for the projects in this six-year funding plan using several criteria, including equity, and creating an implementation plan.

Seattle Parks and Recreation purchased .38 acres in 2012 to provide the community access to open space within this high-density urban area. The Seattle Park District funds the development of this parcel into a park. Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with the community to develop a design for the park.