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Sammamish staff begin overhaul of right-of-way code and public-works standards; CIP reprioritization discussed
Summary
City engineers described a 2025 initiative to update the right-of-way chapter of the development code and the city’s Public Works Standards, and presented a six-year combined transportation and stormwater capital plan with program delays and staffing constraints.
City staff told the Sammamish City Council on Tuesday they will begin a multi‑year overhaul of the right‑of‑way code (Sammamish Development Code chapter 21.8) and the Public Works Standards, documents the city has not comprehensively updated in a decade.
City Engineer Lehi Wu and Deputy Public Works Director Greg Samatillo said the code and standards govern critical topics — permitting, street and stormwater design, maintenance, and inspection — and must be aligned with the comprehensive plan, recent legislation and current best practices. Wu observed that the standards have not…
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