Archives by Tag 'waterfront'

Senior officials break ground on Alaska Way Viaduct (State Route 99) Replacement (June 2012)

Five years after a collaborative planning effort was launched with help from CONCUR, the Governor of the State of Washington, Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, and other political leaders joined on June 6 to break ground on the State Rte. 99 tunnel in downtown Seattle. The next milestone in the project is to create a [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Update (December 2011)

Work to replace Seattle’s aging and at-risk elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct highway with a deep-bore tunnel continues to make important progress.
Starting in November 2011, construction crews began demolishing an 1,100-foot stretch of the Alaskan Way Viaduct’s southern end – a key early milestone in the $4.2 billion project to replace the waterfront highway. Another [...]

CONCUR Co-Facilitates Urban Coastal Resilience Summit in New York City

CONCUR Senior Associate Bennett Brooks teamed with Consensus Building Institute Senior Associate Ona Ferguson to co-facilitate the Summit to Build Urban Coastal Resilience in New York, a day-long dialogue focused on identifying opportunities for increasing coastal resilience in New York State’s urban areas. The meeting, held October 5, 2011, at the New York Academy [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Update (August 2011)

Work to replace Seattle’s aging and at-risk elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct highway with a deep-bore tunnel took two more important steps forward this month as Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum in support of the project and federal highway officials gave final sign-off to the $4.2-billion initiative.
The federal action – known as the signing of [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Takes Another Step Forward (July 2011)

CONCUR often designs and executes collaborative processes that mesh with (or culminate in) a final environmental assessment. In the case of Seattle’s aging and at-risk Alaskan Way Viaduct (AWV) highway, the State of Washington has this week released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its plans to replace the AWV with a deep-bore [...]

Two CONCUR Projects Move Toward Implementation: Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement and Southern California MPAs

We at CONCUR like to take on key roles in controversial large-scale, high stakes projects and programs, helping parties find a viable “solution space” and moving projects towards implementation. In December, two projects where we did just that hit major milestones. One involves what will be the largest deep bore tunnel in the [...]

Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Featured in RAI Magazine (July 2009)

Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure, a monthly magazine focused on bridge and road engineering, featured the Alaskan Way Viaduct project in its July 2009 edition.

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The cover feature provides a comprehensive overview of the project - from its years-long impasse to the January 2009 agreement that lays the groundwork for a new way forward.
The previous post [...]

Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct (2007-present)

Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire, then-King County Executive Ron Sims and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced on January 15, 2009 a break-through agreement to resolve a longstanding dispute over the replacement of the at-risk Alaskan Way Viaduct, a 60-year-old stacked highway that separates downtown Seattle from the waterfront. The recommendation – put forward by the [...]

Design and Facilitation of a Stakeholder Involvement Process: Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (2007-2009)

Throughout 2007 and 2008, CONCUR facilitated the Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Task Force, a body created to engage stakeholders in developing the Port of Oakland’s Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP).
The Port of Oakland is the fourth-busiest container port in the United States and one of the nations’ gateways for trade with Asia. [...]