Clark County to restripe school corridor this summer, officials say; community raises congestion and enforcement concerns

Clark County Public Works presented a restriping and safety plan for a corridor that serves Chinook Elementary School, Skyview High School and nearby Alki Middle School, saying the county will use this summer’s paving work to change striping, add buffered bike lanes and painted pedestrian refuges and to shorten the number of traffic lanes pedestrians must cross.

County Public Works Director Ken Later introduced the project and told the audience the effort is “really a painting project” tied to the county’s 2025 HMA overlay paving work. Transportation Division Manager Steve Gallup described a past pedestrian fatality from an earlier job that influenced the county’s approach and said, “I never wanna have that happen again.” Traffic engineer Dylan Jennings told residents the project aims to eliminate the “multi lane threat” by reducing the number of through lanes at marked school crossings so pedestrians cross a single traffic lane in each direction rather than two.

The plan described to the public includes: updating Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramps; a two‑week paving window the county hopes…