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Lake Stevens outlines sidewalks, Bayview Trail progress and pilot traffic changes for 16th/17th corridors
Summary
Mayor described completed and planned transportation work: sidewalk construction funded by the Transportation Benefit District, Bayview Trail phases, thermoplastic crosswalks, a pilot one-way couplet and pavement preservation projects, and a planned infrastructure package for the industrial 130th corridor.
Mayor (unnamed) said the city's Transportation Benefit District (voter-approved in 2023) has funded sidewalk work and other projects and described completed and planned work intended to improve walkability and multimodal access.
Completed and near-term projects the mayor highlighted included the 90 First Avenue sidewalk from Lake Stevens Middle School to Market Street, pavement-preservation work that included ADA curb and crosswalk upgrades, and purchases of thermoplastic striping equipment. He said the city has done “quite a bit of pavement preservation” and that thermoplastic crosswalk materials last longer than painted lines.
Trail work and Bayview Trail: the mayor described a new Bayview Trail built under a north–south power line corridor from Twentieth Street to Twelfth Street, and said the city and Marysville are coordinating so the corridors will connect. He said a dog park within that trail is expected to open in spring pending wet-area fixes and that the city expects to complete the Twelfth-to-Eighth Street segment in the coming summer. The mayor also described a legislative funding request (a roughly $500,000 ask he called a “half a million dollar ask”) that he said looks likely to fund design and engineering from Eighth Street north toward SR‑204; he said the exact reach of that money is not certain.
16th/17th pilot and other corridor ideas: the mayor described a neighborhood safety and walkability problem on 16th and 17th avenues and said staff proposed a one-way couplet plus reclaiming lane space for sidewalks and slow traffic. He said the city held an open house and planned a roughly four-week pilot in May to gather data before deciding whether to make it permanent.
Industrial corridor infrastructure: the mayor said the city will put sewer, broadband and multimodal trail infrastructure along 130th Avenue to support industrial area growth; he said that work will be put out to bid this summer to allow businesses to expand on-site when they’re ready.
Why it matters: these projects target pedestrian safety near schools and neighborhoods, improve long-term pavement condition, and add infrastructure aimed at economic development in industrial areas.
Remaining questions: timing and exact funding amounts for some design phases were not specified by the mayor; the transcript records that some grant applications (Safe Routes to School for the Lake Stevens Middle School corridor) are pending and will be decided in a couple of months.
