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11:59 AM: Still no new info from SDOT, only a reminder of the closure. We are headed back to the top of the hill to see what is (or isn’t) happening.
SDOT continues to work with Seattle City Light at the site of the slide that occurred on Highland Park Way SW. A slide came down this morning above Highland Park Way SW, then a second slide came down, pushing material about 500 feet further, over Highland Park Way SW.
SDOT has cleared some of the material from the lower slide so SCL trucks can gain access. SCL is working to clear some trees that are pushing on some power poles. Geotech engineers are assessing the situation.
We expect Highland Park Way to remain closed through today and into tomorrow as more rain is expected to fall tonight into tomorrow.
1:15 PM: We’ve now launched a pm report and that’s where we’ll be updating this afternoon and into the pm commute.
83 Replies to "UPDATE: Slide closes Highland Park Way hill; thousands lose power"
Power is out at 16th /Myrtle near the Riverview Playfield.
I’m on 17th Ave SW and the street is without power. Seems that this is the cause. I reported the outage to Seattle City Light about 20 min ago.
Thanks for the outage reports. No way to know the extent otherwise as this is just not showing up on SCL map.
We live on Kenyon over the green belt and can see most of the lower valley. It is all death except for the transfer station which has emergency lights. Our neighborhood is dark.
Power is out on 9th in HP as well.
Power went out about 5:15-ish on 5th Ave SW & Kenyon. Still down.
Puget Ridge Cohousing still without power at 0845.
Power is out from the bottom of the hill all the way to the start of Hwy 599/1st ave bridge.
Power back on on 5th and Kenyon, looks to be restored down in the valley as well.
Doesn’t look like we ever lost power, but I haven’t been outside to see what’s going on with the neighbors. 11th & Kenyon/Elmgrove.
5th South and South Holden industrial area is out too. This is East of Marginal Way South, in Southpark. To whom it may concern.
We have power on SW Othello. The neighborhood halfway up the hill to the left.
Power off near Sanislo. I bet the school has lost power too.
Thank you for this post! I was able to catch the 131 on Roxbury & 8th to get to new job. It’s only my 3rd day.
We are on SW Othello between 16th & 12th and power is out.
Do you know if the power was restored to your house? I live on the same street.
Any relation to the fact that there have been multiple trees topped and cut down in the last few weeks along HP Way?
they cut many leaning trees which may have fallen onto the road….still more need to come down. trees were cut on right side going down the hill. slide was on the left side.
they also have been cutting away the ivy that is growing up the trees. that has been taking place more on the right side as well.
Power out still in 17th & Myrtle. Not seeing the outage in the city power outage map.
Still no power at 14th and myrtle. Wondering if power is on at Sanislo Elementary?
I would hope we’d have heard from Seattle Public Schools if there were a problem, and we haven’t. But our crew, headed back to the scene after a brief stop at HQ, will go check.
West Seattle Blog for the win!
Yes, I was hoping to hear something from SPS and Transportation regarding the bus route for Concord on HPW SW. I have heard nothing.
Has anyone noticed the big slides along I-5 north shortly after you enter from the viaduct and before the exit to I-90? There are at least two spots on that slope to the east coming down from Beacon Hill. Big trees came with it and you can see them broken and piled up in places.
I noticed that huge slide over the weekend. It is quite large.
Did you report it? If you see something say something!
It was widely reported and shut down the freeway overnight as multiple lanes were blocked.
Yes, we noticed: it looked bad! I see that WSB has added info now.
I’m at Sanislo. Power is out.
Thanks. We just updated – Patrick stopped by since people were asking. We asked the principal to let us know if anything changes – we appreciate updates from parents too.
Kids are eating cereal in the dark. I heard one kid say it’s the best day ever!
All this time I’ve been worrying about that school not getting breakfast. Ha, kids are amazing.
It might make it hard for teaching sometimes but kids love it when the power is out at their school.
Is this the cause of the looooong back ups on Delridge, or are there other traffic issues out there, too? When I was just out, it was backed up south from the WS bridge all the way past Brandon. Turned around and came back to work from home until it clears up. Didn’t see a tweet saying bridge was open during that time....
Yes you’d be surprised how many of us use HP Way to commute to places not in downtown. Maybe someday SDOT will also figure that out.
I had to get my daughter to an appointment north of downtown after rush hour (10 a.m.) and it took an hour and 10 minutes (would normally take 40-45, tops). We were stuck in traffic on Delridge and the WS Bridge for at least 20-30 minutes. We live in Highland Park. I plan to write a letter to Council transportation com...
Meanwhile, down in the North Delridge valley traffic is at a standstill along Delridge Way, 26th Ave. SW, Genessee and Andover.
Please post some “daylight” photos soon. Great coverage WSB!
We are out at 14th and Holly. Strange that nothing shows on the outage map .
I took the 131 from Roxbury & 5th at 7:15, so that’s going again.
The bus hasn’t stopped running but it’s routed off Highland Park Way.
There’s a video posted on Q13 news website here. Looks like the slide happened on the west side of HP Way. I hope that’s right because otherwise, the slide is directly behind the homes on our block! Yikes.
KOMO has footage from the chopper on their FB page.
Power is still out at 16th Ave SW and Orchard St. Any word about when it might be restored?
We’re on Orchard, too … SCL shows 11:55am restoration approximation. We’ll see!
The neighborhood just disappeared from the outage map on SCL – is power restored on Orchard/16?
Thanks, cathy. That is aerial footage is great on KOMO’s FB page. Those power lines look to be a complete mess.
Holy smokes that’s one heck of a slide!!!
Power is back on! 13th Ave SW & SW Holly St.
Power just came back on at 14th & Holly.
Heck of a slide is an understatement, as are most of the estimates for abating it, IMO.
There’s no way that will be cleared in a few hours, let alone today. New power poles will have to be installed, AFTER the road is cleared and the ground is stabilized.
And that hillside is still moving.
I think they will wait until they are confident that the slide has stopped moving before even beginning to evaluate the hillside. Right now, that hillside continues to be a dangerous place to be. Plan to use alternate routes for awhile.
Power is back on at Sanislo, according to their Facebook page.
Makes me wonder about soil instability in other parts of the neighborhood. In particular, I’m curious about our “friends” who did the illegal cutting.
Are we seeing soil instability there?
I wonder the same thing? Did their view just get “better”?
I hope SDOT starts evaluating other slopes around WS. As I drove down Sylvan Way between the cemetery and Home Depot it’s been looking particularly vulnerable for the last month. One of these days if they don’t deal with the poor drainage and river that flows down the road in significant rainfall they’re going to have ...
@Kelly – Landslides are part of today’s weather forecast.
Please report how important this major arterial is to West Seattle. The Highland Park neighborhood has been trying to secure funding to address the engineering flaws but have been unsuccessful. The members of the transportation committee are: Mike O’Brien, Rob Johnson and Kshama Sawant.
Please call them and let them know how important it is to Delridge.
I will definitely shoot an email to those 3 but I am not wildly optimistic they will offer realistic solutions.
Done. Really disappointing no one on the Transportation Committee is from south of I-90. Lisa Herbold is only marked as an alternate.
I got so confused hearing it called “Highland Park Way Hill”. I’m a native West Seattleite and it’s always been called “Boeing Hill”.
Maybe we can start calling it Boeing Hill again when everyone gets moved back into the Duwamish corridor.
Hoping that there were no “campers” in the slide area.
Yikes – There is going to be one ugly evening commute with the “back route” (aka: Highland Park Way and Boeing Hill) out of commission. Hope word gets out to everyone who regularly uses this corridor.
Deb there is also no 131 service to the Highland Park neighborhood. The first stop is 8th and Roxbury which is a long hike into the neighborhood.
Does anyone know if Metro is increasing service since the 131 doesn’t serve the Highland Park Neighborhood when HPway is closed?
If SDOT is looking for someplace to put the dirt, maybe they could pile some of it in the middle of the intersection of HP Way & Holden for a roundabout. Yes, I will keep hammering on this given any excuse!
I just saw a story yesterday that SDOT is looking at reworking intersections with traffic lights. So, they have money for that work but cannot take care of what they know to be a problem intersection.
KOMO pics just show some muddy water and pole damage. Patrick got good pics of the roadway being blocked by debris.
I am so greatful nobody was caught in the slide with their car. This could’ve been much worse.
Radio shock jock Howard Stern is running his mouth again… Going against the grain (as usual), the Sirius XM radio show host had a lot to say about young actress Gabourey Sidibe (star of the Oscar award-winning movie “Precious”), calling her “enormous” and saying she’s too fat to have a career in Hollywood.
“‘Blind Side 2,'” Stern suggested. “She could be the football player, take out the whole front line.” Stern, on the air with his co-host Robin Quivers, also played the speech given by Oprah Winfrey to Sidibe at the Oscars on the program. The hosts said Oprah was lying to her by saying she’s going to have a career in Ho...
Too bad Howard Stern was totally off the mark with this one. Sidibe, does, in fact, have a few projects lined up already. She has a spot in the new Showtime series “The C Word” and will make her next film appearance in “Yelling to the Sky” when she stars alongside actress Zoe Kravitz.
Pantai Bersih in Bagan Ajam, Butterworth, has been earmarked for the proposed undersea tunnel linking the mainland to Gurney Drive on the island. Some residents and fishermen fear that the project may cause them to lose their homes and livelihood.
WITH all the to-ing and fro-ing about the third link between the island and the mainland, it is not surprising that many Penangites are confused.
And there have been mixed reactions whether they want an undersea tunnel linking Gurney Drive on the island to Bagan Ajam on the mainland or if they would prefer a bridge, a suggestion that was made just days ago.
Then, there are others who want neither and feel that an improvement of the current ferry service would be just as good as a third link.
Former Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng, who used to stay in Gurney Drive for years, said the idea of having either a third bridge or undersea tunnel was not practical.
He presumes more traffic would come in to Pulau Tikus or Gurney Drive via the proposed third link before heading towards the Tanjung Tokong, Tanjung Bungah and Batu Ferringhi area.
He said it was not sensible to bring in more traffic to the area comprising about 70% residential components.
“More traffic would cause inconvenience to the residents, especially those staying in Pulau Tikus.
“Right now, we are already seeing bottleneck jams at the traffic light, especially the one in Gurney Drive near Sunrise Tower.
“There is also another bottleneck at the traffic light in Tanjung Tokong near the Uda flats.
Restaurant owner Sulaiman Saih welcomes a third bridge to bring progress to Bagan Ajam on the mainland.
“These two areas need to be looked into before we can talk about solving traffic woes.
“Traffic is always bad at these traffic light junctions, especially during rush hour and the holiday season.
“Not to mention, there’s a traffic light every 700-800m on the whole stretch where roads are seemingly distorted,” he said when contacted.
Tan, 44, also said if the third link was carried out, then the connecting point in Jalan Pangkor-Gurney Drive junction should be moved elsewhere to avoid further congestion in the area.
He said ideally, the connecting point should be created near George Town.