Starting as early as August 1, a Seattle City Light crew will be working in Pioneer Square to repair and connect electrical conduits. This work will enhance the electrical system’s reliability and reduce the likelihood of unplanned power outages.
Starting on Friday, July 14, Seattle City Light crews plan to improve electrical system reliability by pulling new wire over the top of the West Seattle Bridge near 2nd Avenue South.
Seattle City Light crews will perform emergency repair work April 26 through April 27, 2017, impacting traffic on Interstate 5. Drivers should expect delays and consider using alternate routes.
Seattle City Light crews plan to enhance the reliability of the electrical system by pulling new power lines across Interstate 5 at NE 60th Street in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood.
Seattle City Light is asking travelers to prepare for five weeks of lane closures on Denny Way between Stewart St and Minor Ave N beginning Friday, Oct. 14. During this time, crews will be installing underground utilities for the Denny Substation.
Beginning Monday, August 1, the contractor for Seattle City Light’s Denny Network Project (part of the Denny Substation Program) will begin final restoration work along Stewart Street between Minor Avenue and 6th Avenue. This work will affect commuters entering the city, particularly at the Stewart Street exit from southbound I-5.
Seattle City Light plans to inspect streetlights on the Ballard Bridge following the Seattle Department of Transportation’s seismic upgrades. The inspection is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 17 starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 18. Single northbound and southbound lane closures on the bridge will be necessary. Motorists should expect rolling slowdowns in the direction of the affected lane. Only one lane at a time will be closed.
Drivers using I-5 and State Route 900 near Boeing Field should plan for delays and prepare to use alternate routes as Seattle City Light crews work to replace overhead utilities that span the busy highways on Fri., Oct. 24 to Sat., Oct. 25. To complete this work, City Light’s traffic… [ Keep reading ]
City Light will be enhancing electrical system reliability by upgrading the communication link between two south end substations and the utility’s system control center. The work requires pulling fiber optic communications cable across State Route 99 (SR 99) near Boeing Field (see the map with construction zone on the back side). The work is being done in coordination with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and City Light’s H-Frame/Feeder installation project currently underway in the same area.
At 11:30 a.m. today, a construction contractor driving a backhoe at a Seattle City Light work site near Denny Way and Pontius Avenue North, snagged an overhead power line, bringing it down and breaking four poles. No one was injured.
