Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street
Updated April 2025
What's Happening Now?
The first phase of the permanent Healthy Street is complete!
New median with separated bike lane at the entrance to the permanent Healthy Street at N 100th St and Greenwood Ave N
We’ve finished building the first phase of the permanent Aurora-Licton Springs Healthy Street! Work is complete on Fremont Ave N from N 110th St to N 87th St, and on N 100th St from 1st Ave NW to Linden Ave N. Later this year, we will finish installing the other sections of the permanent Healthy Street on N 100th St from Stone Ave N to College Ave N, and on Ashworth Ave N from 100th St to N 92nd St.
On May 10th, we will host a plant pick-up event for neighbors who volunteered to maintain planters to pick up their requested plants. The event will be from 10 am – 12 pm in Greenwood Park. We will follow up with neighbors who signed up to maintain a planter with more details closer to the event.
We will let you know when construction for the remaining sections of the permanent Healthy Street is scheduled. You can sign up for email updates to receive construction and other updates.
Network Map
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Design Elements
The Aurora Licton-Springs Healthy Street improves safety by:
- Providing more space for people walking and biking
- Limiting vehicle traffic to local access only
- Installing markings on the street, signs, and concrete planters and sign bases at intersections that encourage drivers to slow down and watch for people in the street
- Installing markings on the street and signs at intersections so people know not to park within 20 feet of an intersection
Here is what the permanent Healthy Street looks like at these intersections:
Fremont Ave N & N 88th St
- New painted curb on west side
- Reinforce existing no parking
- Improve sightlines near Greenwood Park
Fremont Ave N & N 89th St
- New painted curb on west side
- Reinforce existing no parking
- Improve sightlines near Greenwood Park
Fremont Ave N & N 105th St
- New medians on north and south legs with cut-throughs for people biking. This change helps encourage drivers to follow the local access only restriction and discourages vehicle cut-through traffic.
- No vehicle turns from N 105th St onto Fremont Ave N
- Existing left and right turn-only restrictions maintained for vehicles on Fremont Ave N at N 105th St
Photo on the left shows the intersection before the permanent Healthy Street and photo on the left shows the intersection after installation of the new concrete median with bike lane.
Photo on the left shows the intersection before the permanent Healthy Street and photo on the left shows the intersection after installation of the new concrete median with bike lane.
Fremont Ave N & N 110th St/Interurban Trail
- New painted curb bulbs at Interurban Trail entrance
- Improve sightlines to encourage slower vehicle speeds near where people are walking, biking, and rolling
- Safer access to the Interurban Trail
N/NW 100th St. and Greenwood Ave N
- New medians on east and west legs with cut-throughs for people biking
- No vehicle turns onto N/NW 100th St from Greenwood Ave N
- New signal detection for people biking east and west
N 100th St & College Way N
- New two-way protected bike lane on the north side of N 100th St between College Way N and Wallingford Ave N
- Connection to John Lewis Memorial Bridge and Northgate Light Rail Station
Healthy Street Planters
For some permanent Healthy Street locations, neighbors can choose to replace the standard concrete sign bases with planters. SDOT will install planters at Healthy Street intersections based on the requests we receive from neighbors (see diagram and image below). Neighbors who request planters are responsible for maintaining the planters after installation. For more information about adopting planters and planter maintenance, visit the Healthy Street Planters webpage.
Left: Diagram showing the possible placement locations for planters at each Healthy Street intersection. Planters would be placed at the blue dots, if requested by neighbors.
Right: Planter sign bases on the Greenwood Healthy Street.
What to expect during construction
We expect to build the remaining sections of the permanent Healthy Street in 2025. During construction, you can expect:
- Typical work hours from 7 AM to 5 PM. Work usually happens on weekdays but sometimes can occur on weekends.
- Noise, vibration, dust, and debris
- Construction staging and parking impacts near the work sites
- “No Parking” areas and other parking impacts
- Crosswalk and sidewalk closures, and detours for people walking and biking
- Changes in construction schedules due to weather or the availability of work crews and/or materials
Materials
- Construction Flyer (August 2024)
- Construction Postcard (August 2024)
- Project Fact Sheet (May 2024)
- Project Design Postcard (February 2024)
- Aurora-Licton Evaluation (2023)
Nearby Projects in Network
- Greenwood Healthy Street
- Interurban to Green Lake Neighborhood Greenway Connection (N 83rd St)
- Interurban Trail
- John Lewis Memorial Bridge (Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge)
- Viewlands Elementary School Neighborhood Greenway Connection