(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has released a draft of a new eight-year, $1.4 billion transportation levy proposal intended to repair bridges, repave streets, connect neighborhoods to the light rail and build sidewalks.
According to Harrell’s office, the levy proposal would cost a median Seattle home valued at $866,000 roughly $36 per month, or about $435 per year, a $12 monthly increase from the expiring Levy to Move Seattle.
The current nine-year, $930 million Levy to Move Seattle passed in 2015 and costs the owner of a median-priced Seattle property about $24 per month. According to the city, the current transportation levy provides roughly 30% of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s budget.
“This levy proposal will deliver more funding to get us there – no matter how you get around, it will make trips safer, more reliable, and better connected so that every Seattleite is set up for
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