On Monday, April 5, the council took action to allow Washington State Ferries to move forward with installation of a new right turn lane on the Speedway, onto Front Street at the ferry dock. This should allow traffic stuck at the intersection while the ferry offloads to take a right turn rather than waiting for the ferry offloading to finish.
We also took action allowing WSF to install a walk signal for pedestrians at the Speedway, tied to the cars offloading from the ferry.
These improvements will ensure predictability and more safety for pedestrians at this busy intersection. I also pushed for better signage making it clear to non-ferry-related cars that they should be aware of pedestrians crossing. I also encouraged WSF to remove the posts discouraging pedestrians from crossing at Ivars toward the Lighthouse Park. When the ferry is not loading, that is a safer place to cross!
The right hand turn lane should be installed by late fall this year. The pedestrian signal should be in by next year, April, 2011. Both items will come back to council one more time once the designs are final.
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