West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
During the Seattle City Council briefing that just ended regarding city response to last month’s snow, SDOT director Grace Crunican confirmed that some salt was used on roads last night. Earlier this morning, we had sent a request to SDOT communications director Rick Sheridan seeking details on the reported salt usage, and whether anyone would [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... "aggressively plowing, de-icing and sanding arterials around the city" Sunday evening, spokesman Rick Sheridan said.There were 16 trucks working, with two devoted to the West Seattle Bridge and the Alaskan Way Viaduct."Within the next hour there will be 24 trucks total clearing major city roadways. Though rain and rising temperatures are forecast, the department will work through...
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
With the uproar today over the city not using salt on roads, after this Times article (which we and sixty-skabillion other sites have linked to in the past 20 hours or so), we asked Rick Sheridan at SDOT if there is an official city statement, just to get their side of the story. Here’s what [...]
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
(Sullivan stretching east of California, just yards south of plowed/sanded Thistle) With all the concern and complaints about our iced-over side streets in West Seattle not getting de-icing/plowing, we asked SDOT communications boss Rick Sheridan for an official response. Just got this: While still keeping an eye on arterials, we are now focusing solely on plowing and [...]
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
After publishing a few separate items, it’s time to start the Monday afternoon coverage, looking ahead to the commute back home from work and school. First, an update from Rick Sheridan at SDOT: Out of 13 SDOT plow/sanding trucks working primary and secondary arterials citywide, we currently have eight trucks focusing on the streets of West [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... date.The city of Seattle hasn't seen such bad winter road conditions in a dozen years, said Rick Sheridan, spokesman for the city's Department of Transportation.Already one death has been partly blamed on the cold, and a teen was injured Thursday in a sledding accident.Smooth commuteBy Thursday afternoon, commuters in Seattle got "passable" primary arterials, said Sheridan,...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
"Basically, drivers need to be constantly evaluating whether a trip is necessary," said Sean McDermott, a spokesman for the state's Department of Transportation. The city of Seattle hasn't seen such bad winter road conditions in a dozen years, said Rick Sheridan, spokesman for the city's Department of Transportation.
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
... up with that? we were asked. We in turn relayed the question to SDOT , whose communications chief Rick Sheridan managed to track down the vacationing project engineer to retrieve this explanation: The speed cushions installed by SDOT on 16th Avenue SW are part of a series requested and approved as a small Neighborhood Street Fund (NSF) project. After the community requested them through...
