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I-5 - 5th Ave. NE to NE 92nd Street Noise Wall - Public Involvement

Wall 1-North Public Meeting, November 2008

WSDOT met with property owners near Wall 1-North to review design information and discuss proposed landscaping concepts. Detailed information we shared at this meeting included:

Stage 2 Community Meeting, June 2008

WSDOT hosted a community meeting with property owners on the east side of I-5 (Stage 2) to discuss preliminary noise wall design and the community polling process. The information we shared included:

Wall 1-North: between NE 92nd Street and NE 85th Street on the east side of I-5

Wall 1-South: between NE 85th Street and NE 80th Street on the east side of I-5

Stage 1 Design Mailer, February 2008

WSDOT sent a design mailer (pdf 217 kb) to property owners on the west side of I-5 regarding the final design of Walls 2, 3 and 4.

Stage 1 Project Update Letter, September 2007

WSDOT sent a letter to property owners regarding neighborhood-side design options for the planned noise walls on the west side of I-5:

  • Property owners near Wall 2 (pdf 545 kb) selected the ashlar stone pattern
  • Property owners near Wall 3 (pdf 616 kb) selected the ashlar stone pattern
  • Property owners near Wall 4 (pdf 590 kb) selected the dry stack stone pattern

Stage 1 Design Workshop, August 2007

WSDOT met with property owners nearest the noise walls locations on the west side of I-5. Property owners provided input regarding four noise wall design treatments and a few color options for the neighborhood side of these noise walls.

We shared four design options and three color choices for the neighborhood side of each noise wall.

We also discussed landscape options (pdf 129 kb) for the highway side of the noise walls.

Stage 1 Public Meeting, May 2007

WSDOT met with members of the Green Lake and Licton Springs neighborhoods to discuss specific information about noise walls planned for the west side of I-5. The project team showed property owners the proposed locations, heights and anticipated noise reduction at each wall.

Wall 2: between N 85th Street and NE 92nd Street on the west side of I-5

Proposed wall location and height (pdf 809 kb)
Wall design visualization (pdf 331 kb)
Anticipated noise reduction (pdf 819 kb)
Wall 2 summary sheet (pdf 484 kb)

Wall 3: between N 82nd Street and N 80th Street on the west side of I-5

Proposed wall location and height (pdf 1041 kb)
Wall design visualization (pdf 535 kb)
Anticipated noise reduction (pdf 1 mb)
Wall 3 summary sheet (pdf 486 kb)

Wall 4: N 80th Street and 5th Ave NE on the west side of I-5

Proposed wall location and height (pdf 582 kb)
Wall design visualization (pdf 389 kb)
Anticipated noise reduction (pdf 841 kb)
Wall 4 summary sheet (pdf 485 kb)

Stage 2 Letter, February 2007

We sent a letter (pdf 52 kb) to residents in the Maple Leaf Community about our coordination with Sound Transit's North Link Light Rail project and addressed common questions about the project.