Photos: sidewalks on NE 178th

Solar powered crosswalk signals being hooked up.

Lake Forest Park finished the sidewalks and hooked up the crosswalk signals on Friday, January 15. The sidewalks will need a seven day curing time before they will be ready for use by the public.

Small solar panels power the crosswalk signals

Crews pouring the concrete for the new sidewalks.

Look for sidewalks to be ready for use next Friday, January 22.

The NE 178th Street Phase 2 project features crosswalk beacon signals at the 33rd Avenue NE and Brookside Boulevard NE intersections that are now active and ready for use. The signals are pedestrian activated and can be used by pressing a button mounted on a post near the crosswalks.

The new signals are an important safety feature of the project intended to enhance pedestrian safety in the vicinity of Brookside Elementary and Pfingst Animal Acres Park, as well as Eagle Scout Park
NE 178th Street between 37th Avenue NE and Brookside Boulevard NE is now open to two-way through traffic.

Construction will continue into January 2016, between 33rd Avenue NE and Brookside Avenue, including concrete sidewalks, landscaping, pedestrian crossing signals, and fencing. Final asphalt paving will occur when weather conditions allow, the goal is the first week of February 2016, if not sooner.

Updated 01-20-2016