Hello Georgetown and South Park neighbors,

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Georgetown to South Park Connection project! This has been a great collaboration with Duwamish Valley Safe Streets to spread the word about the project and solicit thoughtful and informed input from neighbors on the route you think we should study to better connect Georgetown and South Park.
 

How did we collect input?
Following the development of potential routes, we worked with Duwamish Valley Safe Streets and their community advisory group to collect input to inform the selection of the community’s preferred route and its features.

We collected input through an online survey (translated into Spanish) and paper survey (translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, and Khmer) with approximately 290 responses total. We also presented to several community groups, spoke with people at various community events, and held a celebration event to collect additional input. Approximately 400 people participated in sharing feedback and 6 community groups wrote formal letters of support.
 

What did people say?
The route options were segmented into 3 sections: Georgetown Connection, E Marginal Way S Connection, and South Park connection.

• Georgetown Connection: Survey results favored the “Ellis, Albro, 13th route.” (51% selected “Ellis, Albro, 13th” as “preferred,” versus 32% for the “Ellis Ave S” route and 16% for the “Flora Ave S” route.)
• E Marginal Way S Connection: Survey results did not strongly favor either route (54% selected the “Trail by Rail” route and 46% selected the “North Side” route.)
• South Park Connection: Survey results did not strongly favor either route (51% selected the “West Side Trail” route and 49% selected the “Protected Bike Lane” route.)

We received 6 letters of support from local community groups (including the Georgetown South Park Trail Community Advisory Group, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Technical Advisory Group, South Park Neighborhood Association, the Georgetown Merchant Association, Georgetown Tiny House Village, and Georgetown Community Council). Four of the groups shared their preference for the route we selected to move forward into “early design.”