Seattle's next mayor will have an in-box stuffed with reports on the city's many ongoing and large-scale public and public/private construction projects. Here is a rundown, complete with pricetags and timelines, on some of the biggest and most important infrastructure projects in the works or underway in our fair city. All the schedules and figures below are taken from public documents, press reports and/or estimates provided by the various oversight agencies.
Elliott Bay Sea Wall
Budget: $385 million
Sequence:
Broad Street to University — Sept. 2013 - June 2014
University Street to Madison — Sept. 2014 - June 2015
Madison Street to Washington — Sept. 2015 - Feb. 2016
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project
Budget: $3.1 billion
Sequence:
Tunnel Boring — 2013-2014
Tunnel Opening — 2015
Viaduct demolition begins — 2016
Waterfront Makeover
Estimated Budget: $420 million
Re-do begins 2016
520 Replacement
Budget: $4.1 billion
Sequence:
New bridge open to drivers — 2014-2015
Old bridge demolition begins — 2014-2015
SoDo Arena
Budget: $490 million (up to $200 million in public funds)
Construction (if approved) — 2015-2016
Mercer Project, Phase II
Budget: $95 million
Mercer West — 2013-2015
Sound Transit
Budget: $1.9 billion
University Link Opens — 2016
Sound Transit North
Budget: $2.1 billion
Sequence:
Husky Stadium to Northgate Construction — 2012-2019
Service begins — 2021
Sound Transit East Link
Budget: $2.8 billion
Sequence:
Design — 2013-2014
Property Acquisition — 2014-2017
Construction — 2015-2020
Service begins — 2023
Sound Transit Other
Budget: $383 million
South 200th Street (SeaTac) — 2016
Kent/DesMoines Link
Budget (early estimate): $403 million
Scheduled start — 2023
Lynnwood Link
Budget (early estimate): $1.3 billion
Scheduled start — 2023
Port of Seattle
Budget: $230 million
SeaTac Airport NorthSTAR Renovation — 2014-2016
Yesler Terrace Redevelopment
Budget (estimate): $1 billion
Sequence (10-20-year build out):
Phase I — 2013-2014
Phase II — 2014-2016
