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Introduction

Project Financing

Wilburton Connections
	120th Avenue Northeast Widening Stage 1
	Northeast Fourth Street Extension
	Northeast Sixth Street Extension
	Northeast Fifth Street Neighborhood Traffic Plan

Bel-Red Projects
	120th Avenue Northeast Widening Stages 2 and 3
	Northeast 15th/16th Street

Public Involvement

Northeast Fifth Street Neighborhood Traffic Plan

Residents in the Wilburton neighborhood have expressed concern about the potential for increased traffic on Northeast Fifth Street as a result of 120th Avenue Northeast being widened and Northeast Fourth Street being extended. In response, the city has committed to developing a neighborhood plan to help manage future traffic anticipated on Northeast Fifth Street as a result of the other Wilburton Connections projects.

Northeast Fifth Street is currently a low traffic-volume street that connects 120th and 124th avenues in the Wilburton neighborhood. The street undergoes a transition from a commercial and business area at the west end to single-family homes on the east end.

Northeast Fifth Street

Traffic expected to increase on Northeast Fifth Street
Through the neighborhood traffic planning process for Northeast Fifth Street, the city found that if no actions are taken to improve the street prior to the completion of other planned projects in the Wilburton area, traffic volumes on it are expected to more than double. Volumes would increase from 135 vehicles per hour today to 350 vehicles per hour by 2015 during the evening peak commute, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee
The Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee was formed to help the city develop the plan for the street. The committee consists of resident volunteers from the Wilburton neighborhood, representatives from adjacent businesses and city staff from the Transportation, Fire and Police departments.

Traffic Committee Meeting Summaries:

Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee meeting No. 5 - June 14, 2011
Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee meeting No. 4 - March 3, 2011
Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee meeting No. 3 - November 16, 2010
Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee meeting No. 2 - September 28, 2010
Northeast Fifth Street Traffic Committee meeting No. 1 - May 25, 2010

"Two-Way Restricted Access" Chosen
The City of Bellevue, in partnership with the NE Fifth Street Traffic Committee, sent a questionnaire to the Wilburton neighborhood in May 2011 to gather input on how residents currently use Northeast Fifth Street and their priorities for it in the future. The results from this questionnaire were reviewed by the committee at the June 2011 Traffic Committee meeting. The "Two-Way Restricted Access" was chosen as the preferred alternative. This alternative allows two-way traffic on NE 5th Street with modifications to create a one-lane zone on NE 5th Street which will require vehicles in both directions to stop at approximately the Bellevue School District Maintenance Facility and allow only one vehicle at a time to pass. The intent is to cause enough delay to drivers that cut-through traffic will stay on the arterial streets.

The permanent installation is to be constructed during the second phase of the Northeast Fourth Street extension, currently scheduled to begin construction in 2013 or 2014. Traffic Committee members are garnering comments as whether or not to install a temporary installation in 2012 so the community could have chance to experience what it is like to live with the modifications.

Frequently Asked Questions
For more information about the purpose and need for this project, future anticipated traffic conditions on Fifth Street, assumptions used to predict traffic changes and the timing of improvements to the street, please read the project frequently asked questions and answers document.

Background Information

Contact Information

Transportation
Bellevue, WA 98009
Contact: Vangie Garcia, Project Manager
Phone: 425-452-6103
E-mail: vgarcia@bellevuewa.gov