Seattle’s new transportation levy is barely out of the gate and city crews are already racking up numbers that sound like a public-works highlight reel. In 2025, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) says it delivered nearly 30 blocks of new sidewalks, planted more than 1,000 street trees, and patched over 17,000 potholes across the city. The agency also reports that roughly 90% of those potholes were fixed within 72 hours of being reported.
Those tallies show up in a levy recap post and short video SDOT published on April 23, 2026, and in a brief reel the agency shared on Facebook the next day. According to the Seattle Department of Transportation blog, the work was backed by local money from the Seattle Transportation Levy. SDOT also points residents to its full 2025 annual report on the City of Seattle website for deeper charts and program-by-program breakdowns.
Levy Year One by the Numbers
The eight-year levy voters approved in November 2024 is set to deliver roughly $1.55 billion for sidewalks, paving, bridges, and transit. SDOT says about $77 million of that flowed into levy-funded work in 2025. Reporting by Planetizen and other outlets sums up the department’s counts, noting thousands of sidewalk safety repairs, bike-lane upgrades, and bridge maintenance projects alongside the pothole and tree totals. City officials pitch the numbers as early proof they are delivering on levy commitments, while also acknowledging there are areas that will need more sustained investment over the full eight years.
How Potholes and Sidewalks Were Handled
SDOT’s recap credits its crews and a stepped-up maintenance program for much of the pothole blitz, but local coverage shows the fixes were logged across quarterly updates and several different programs. Capitol Hill Seattle News reported that SDOT was filling hundreds of potholes per month while also adding staff and tightening internal processes to speed up delivery.
Residents who want to nudge crews toward a specific trouble spot are still very much part of the system. Anyone can report a pothole or request sidewalk repairs through the city’s Find It, Fix It portal, which lets people log issues and follow response times.
What’s Next and How to Track Progress
SDOT says year one is just the prologue. A second-year delivery plan is expected to push hundreds of projects into construction and maintenance in 2026. Local reporting has noted that the plan includes more than 430 planned investments citywide, with a focus on paving, sidewalks, and targeted safety corridors. Neighborhood outlets such as the West Seattle Blog have been tracking area-specific highlights as SDOT prepares to roll out a public dashboard showing quarterly progress.
For now, SDOT is presenting the numbers as early progress. “We couldn’t have done it without you!” the agency wrote in its recap, framing residents as partners in the work and urging them to stay engaged as levy projects ramp up. Officials say levy dollars will continue to cover sidewalks, paving, and safety projects throughout the eight-year program, and the forthcoming dashboard is intended to make it easier to see where the next wave of construction lands. Neighbors with problem spots are encouraged to review SDOT’s levy materials or file a service request through Find It, Fix It to flag issues on their own blocks.
