Walkway construction under way in Sequim

Published 12:01 am Thursday, December 15, 2011

SEQUIM — Two city sidewalk projects under construction in Sequim are expected to be completed by Friday.

C&J Excavating Inc. of Port Angeles is building a walkway to Sequim schools on the east side of Third Avenue from Fir Street to the alley between Alder and Spruce streets.

The $39,000 project is funded by the city Transportation Benefit District.

Also under construction is a paved walkway on the south side of Brackett Road leading to Walmart on Priest Road.

The Sequim Walmart donated $20,000 in November to construction of the walkway, which is to be 6 feet wide and 1,150 feet long.

Andy Nilles of the Brackett Road senior apartment complex, Vintage at Sequim, had pushed for the walkway, submitting a petition to the city with more than 100 signatures from residents of the complex asking for Brackett Road safety improvements and intersection safety improvements where it intersects with Priest Road.