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Oct. 24 – 25 Weekend Closure of the Montlake Bridge

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Reminder: Oct. 24-25 weekend closure of the Montlake Bridge, SR 520 ramps and local streets

From 5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, WSDOT maintenance crews will close the Montlake Bridge in both directions, the westbound SR 520 off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard and a single lane of the eastbound SR 520 off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard. Crews will use this closure to begin needed repairs to the bridge’s metal grid deck. Weather-permitting, crews will also intermittently close single lanes along East Park Drive East, along westbound East Lake Washington Boulevard between 24th Avenue East and Montlake Boulevard, and along northbound and southbound Montlake Boulevard between East Hamlin Street and East Roanoke Street to complete paving activities.

Closure details:

  • The SR 520 mainline will remain open, as will the westbound off-ramp to Lake Washington Boulevard and a single lane of the eastbound off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard.
  • Marine traffic will be restricted. There will be no Montlake Bridge openings for boats between 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday. The bridge’s south span will open for boats (with one hour’s advance notice) between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.
  • The freeway transit stops along SR 520 in Montlake will remain open but local buses will be rerouted around the Montlake area during the weekend. Check the King County Metro alerts webpage to find out information on your bus route.
  • Bicycle and pedestrian access will remain open across the west side of the Montlake Bridge.
  • The Montlake Boulevard U-turn at East Hamlin Street will remain open for I-5 access.
  • Access to the Shelby-Hamlin neighborhood will remain open.

 

Halloween Events In & Around Hauntlake

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hauntlake eventsUpdated with Canal Market Pumpkin Carving

trickortreathouse bake saleNow thru November 2nd

Trick or Treat House Display & Food Drive
Trick or Treat Street – 2236 East Blaine Street 

Drop by day or night to visit the Skeletons at Trick or Treat House and their Creepy & Colorful Bake Sale in the Hauntlake Cemetery. Please consider making a canned food donation which may be placed inside the Graveside Cabinet or left on the front steps.On Halloween night, the whole piece becomes Performance Art as Phil Angeez & Skull (James & Don) hand out goodies and surprises to 650+ neighborhood Trick or Treaters.

Saturday, October 24th

coop halloweenMontlake Family Coop Halloween Party
Montlake Community Center 
10:00 am – 12:00 pm 

The Coop hosts their annual Halloween costume party full of yummy treats, Play-Doh, & crafts.

canal market pumpkinCanal Market Pumpkin Carving
2919 Furhman Ave E 
3:00 pm 

Pumpkin carving with free pumpkins, hot cider & cookies. Call to reserve your space (206) 588-2893

 2015 TFOS-Banner-Monster-Bash-Stripe-for-emailMonster Bash
4805 NE 45th St – Grounds of St. Stephen’s 
3:00 – 7:00 pm 

Come in costume for a hair-raising haunted house, pony rides and pumpkin decorating. Kids and adults alike will enjoy Dracula’s dance-off, ghoulish games and prizes, creepy crafts, the Phantom Photo Booth, and a crazy costume contest and parade.

Sunday, October 25th

Scan (1)Fuel’s Fall Festival (Wallingford)
1705 N 45th St
2:00 – 4:00 pm

Featuring the 2nd Annual Pumpkin Pie Bake-Off, Spooky Stories, Face Painting and more fun surprises.

Friday, October 30th

halloween carnivalMontlake Community Center’s Halloween Carnival
1618 E Calhoun St
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Join for a beWITCHing night of fun including carnival games with prizes, face painting, a bounce house and plenty of tricks and treats for the whole family.

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Halloween – Saturday, October 31st

 

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Montlake Blvd Market
3:00 – 8:00 pm

The Market is giving out free Hot Chocolate and Coffee as well as candy for Trick or Treaters from 3 pm to 8 pm at Montlake BLVD Market, as well as the Gas Station.

Halloween at Cafe LagoHalloween Cafe Lago
2305 24th Ave E
4:00 pm Special Early Opening

Cafe Lago will be opening early on Halloween to allow families to enjoy a special $10 pizza night for pre – trick or treating pizza dinner.There will be a special Corpse Reviver cocktail on the menu for adults to enjoy and a special pasta offering will be unveiled for the evening.

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Husky Stadium
Kick-off 8:00 pm

 

 

Have a Safe & Happy Halloween!

Montlake Community Club

 

Hauntlake Bake Sale – 14th Annual Trick Or Treat House Display & Food Drive

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Hauntlake Trick or Treat House Photo Via Trickortreathouse.com

Hauntlake Trick or Treat House
Installation designed by Seattle Artists & Hauntlake Residents, James W. Sutherland and Don Zimmer

The 14th Annual Trick or Treat House display and Halloween Food Drive are all set up and ready for viewing. The Skeletons at Trick or Treat House have set up a Creepy & Colorful Bake Sale in the Hauntlake Cemetery. They are also collecting Canned Food Donations for Chicken Soup Brigade before the whole piece becomes Performance Art as Phil Angeez & Skull (James & Don) hand out goodies and surprises to 650+ neighborhood Trick or Treaters.

IMG_2390Please consider making a food donation when you visit the spooky bake sale. Donations may be deposited graveside cabinet or left on the front steps at 2236 Trick or Treat Street (East Blaine Street), anytime now through November 2, 2015.

Donation Grocery Wish List – Items that they need the most:

  • Canned fruits and vegetables
  • Whole grain cereals
  • Nuts, seeds, dried fruit, trail mix, or granola bars
  • Canned tuna, chicken, salmon
  • Whole grains & Rice
  • Low-sodium soups, chilis and canned or dry beans

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Be sure to check out Trick Or Treet House website for more info and images of past displays at: www.trickortreathouse.com

Happy Halloween

Montlake Art Teacher Named Elementary Art Educator of the Year

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SeattleSchools.Org: Montlake Elementary's Jennifer Lundgren

SeattleSchools.Org: Montlake Elementary’s Jennifer Lundgren

Via SeattleSchools.org

Montlake’s Jennifer Lundgren is WAEA’s Elementary Art Educator of the Year. (Jennifer) Heller and Lundgren are among five award recipients statewide who will be honored at the WAEA Fall Conference in Leavenworth on Oct. 24.

Both teachers share the conviction that art class should serve as a refuge and an outlet – especially for stressed or struggling students.

“The kids who maybe don’t really shine in their classroom come in here and they can just – we like to say – let their freak flag fly a little,” says Lundgren. “They find their voice in here. It’s really great and powerful to see.”

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KOMO: Metro riders fret about service cuts near 2 light rail stations

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Via KOMO News
By Kara Kostanich

SEATTLE — Metro Transit bus service could be changing around the University of Washington and Capitol Hill in preparation for two new Link light rail stations that will open next year.

Metro Bus route 25 and route 43 are lifelines for some longtime Montlake neighbors, but with Link light rail service coming to UW and Capitol Hill in March, seven bus routes are now on the chopping block.

“It is a problem for us,” said Linnea Hirst.

Metro Transit says the purposed cuts will restructure the transit network around the new light rail stops, ultimately providing more service to more riders on designated corridors.

“There are some routes that are being purposed for elimination,” said Jeremy Fichter with Metro Transit. “Most of the rides on those routes will continue to have other options available with fixed route transit routes.”

But that’s the problem for neighbors Kathy Smith-DiJulio and Hirst.

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Montlake Yard Sale Sneak Peek Reveals Treasures – Join The Hunt Oct 3rd

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2015 Yard Sale Sneak Peek

Montlake’s annual neighborhood yard sale with over 80 locations is fast approaching. Shoppers will find big stuff (furniture, canoes, dining sets) and little treasures; electronics (large screen TVs) and collectibles (comics); sports equipment (bicycles, skis) & leisure/camping gear; artwork and yardwork (tools); kids toys (American Girl Dolls) & grandma’s souvenirs.

Click for 2015 Item Summary Sheet & Map by Zones

Click for 2015 Item Summary Sheet & Map by Zones

This year Montlake has released a sneak peek (below) of some items that shoppers can find on Oct 3rd – 9am-3pm. And one lucky home will be filled with music when they are selected as the owner of a loved piano – the owner will be giving it away, you haul, to a good home.

While you’re shopping for great bargains, be sure to fuel up at nearby Montlake Blvd. Market, Traveler Montlake, Mont’s Market or FUEL. Visit Mr. Johnson’s Antiques and Montlake Bicycle Shop, also a participating yard sale location, or stop by Glam & Tonics or Coven to peruse their beauty products.

Grab your wallet; bring a truck and join the crowds hunting for bargains!

Update: In response to concerns expressed over the untimely closure of the Montlake bridge, we have received notice that the closure has been CANCELLED.

The Montlake Bridge will remain open!

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SNEAK PEEK

 

 

 

Today: SR 520 Resolution Meeting – Your Attendance & Comments Needed

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Bill Dawson

UPDATE: If you were unable to attend the Sept 16th meeting and have comments to share, please email City Council Transportation Committee Chair Tom Rasmussen at tom.rasmussen@seattle.gov.

The Seattle City Council is seeking testimonies today, Wednesday, Sept 16th at 5:30pm to help finalize the SR-520 resolution.  Show up at the University Christian Church at 4731 15th Ave. NE. and tell the Seattle City Council we need to get this right at a public hearing.

While in person testimony is more impactful, if you can’t make the meeting, you can email, or better yet call, the City Council Transportation Committee Chair Tom Rasmussen directly at 206-684-8808 or tom.rasmussen@seattle.gov.

Below are some Montlake focused comments shared by Lionel Job.
  • The Bill Dawson trail plan described in WSDOT plan is in jeopardy because NOAA is showing no interest in letting WSDOT use some of the land it controls.  If NOAA prevails, the new Bill Dawson tunnel could be further compromised.  It is very important that the city include language asking for WSDOT to produce an alternate above grade or at grade solution to enable pedestrians to cross SR520 safely and directly, in case WSDOT cuts back on the Bill Dawson trail features.  We can’t accept any form of value engineering.
  • The city needs to create a proper traffic, safety and transportation plan that covers much more than the immediate vicinity of SR-520.  WSDOT needs to help fund it and abide by it.
  • The loss of Bus routes 43 and 25 combined with an interchange that will make foot access of the light rail station difficult needs to be addressed now.  These routes must be maintained -at least until the effects of the interchange are experienced and understood.  While not related to the resolution, it is important for the council to hear this at this time so that they intervene with King County.

Via KING 5: Montlake Residents Complain About Parking Invasion

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SEATTLE — Residents in Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood complain of a parking invasion. They say hide and parkers are capitalizing on their free street parking, leaving little room for the people who live there.

“All of a sudden there was this wave of people commuting in for the day by four or five in the morning,” said resident Greg…

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24th Ave East Bridge To Close Sept 8th

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On Tuesday, Sept. 8, crews for the SR 520 West Approach Bridge North Project (WABN) plan to close the 24th Avenue East bridge over SR 520 for up to six months. This necessary closure will allow crews to extend the overpass to the north and make room for a new off-ramp to East Lake Washington Boulevard at 24th Avenue East. This new off-ramp will replace the existing westbound off-ramp to Lake Washington Boulevard in the Arboretum, scheduled to be removed in 2016.

During the approximately six-month closure, all bicycles and pedestrians will be detoured to the Montlake Boulevard sidewalk via East North Street. Over the past several months, crews have upgraded sections of sidewalks along the east side of Montlake Boulevard to ADA standards and widened the sidewalks to 10 feet. To view the detour route, please see the map or online.

For more information about future phases of work in the Montlake area visit our website. To stay informed during WABN construction, you can also:

  • Call the 24-hour construction hotline (206-708-4657) with pressing questions or concerns.
  • Email WABN staff with your questions about the project or construction activities.
  • Join us for our monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Graham Visitors Center.
  • Visit the SR 520 Orange Page for the most up-to-date information on closures and construction impacts.
  • Visit the WABN project website to find general information about the project.
  • Follow us on Twitter @wsdot_520 to get key news and updates about the SR 520 program.

SDOT Seeks Input on Ship Canal Bridge Openings

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(Photo: Michael van Baker)

(Photo: Michael van Baker)

Seattle Department of Transportation would like to hear from neighbors regarding when the city’s ship canal bridges must open on request.

Ballard, Fremont, and University bridges are owned and operated by SDOT, while the Montlake Bridge is owned and operated by WSDOT. However, the Coast Guard has regulatory authority over the bridges and gave SDOT and WSDOT the authority to limit the opening of bridges on weekdays from 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. (The exception is for large commercial vessels of 1,000 tons or more; bridges must always open upon request, regardless of the time of day.)

While the number of bridge openings has remained steady in recent years, traffic has not and the impact of the bridge openings themselves has grown. An average 5 minute bridge opening creates a backup of  hundreds of vehicles and takes them longer to clear.

SDOT is strongly considering a petition to the US Coast Guard, seeking to better align the current closed periods to match the rush hour volume peaks.The petition could also ask for a procedure of scheduled bridge openings, similar to the Montlake Bridge which only opens at the top and bottom of the hour during the boating season, thus providing predictability for both boaters and motorists.

SDOT is asking residents to submit their comments by Wednesday, September 30. (SDOT hopes to submit any application by November 1, 2015.)

Comments can be submitted at ShipCanalBridgeOpenings@seattle.gov or via U.S. Mail to:

Ship Canal Bridge Openings
c/o Roadway Structures
Seattle Department of Transportation
PO Box 34996 (SMT-38-00)
Seattle, WA 98124-4996

Visit the SDOT project website for more detailed information about traffic volumes and bridge openings.