West Lake Sammamish Parkway
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The City of Bellevue intends to enhance safety along West Lake Sammamish Parkway by providing a multi-use trail along the west side of the roadway, from Interstate 90 to Bellevue's northern city limit. After two years of intensive public involvement, the City Council in April 2005 approved a design for the improved parkway. A planning timeline provides additional information.
At a June 2009 open house, aspects of the project were covered, including which segment of the roadway should be improved first, landscaping, retaining walls and the general timeline.
At a December 2008 open house, neighborhood residents weighed in on aesthetic details from the West Lake Sammamish Parkway Design Report, interest in undergrounding power lines and a desire to maximize the size of landscaped buffer areas. Other issues brought up concerned driveway access, storm water drainage, loss of parking or landscaping and a planned traffic signal at Southeast 34th Street.
"Here's What We're Thinking," a 2008 newsletter about the project, offers details about the "design report phase."