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Kirkland staff present options to slow traffic and increase separation on 80th/80 Fourth corridor after student collision
Summary
After a January collision involving students, transportation staff presented a range of design options for a roughly 1,000‑foot corridor near three schools. Council expressed interest in intrusive traffic calming and pilot measures and asked staff to return with costs, timelines and an outreach plan.
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Following a January collision that injured two students, Kirkland transportation staff presented a range of options to slow traffic and further separate people walking, rolling and bicycling from vehicles on a corridor adjacent to Finn Hill Middle School and other schools.
The presentation and context Transportation engineering supervisor Jennifer Palmer briefed council on existing conditions, noting a 36‑foot pavement width and daily volumes of roughly 2,000–3,000 vehicles along the study segment. Staff said the collision appeared to be an outlier in the city’s crash history but that the corridor’s straight alignment invites higher speeds and that the site adjoins wetland‑buffered parkland, which constrains widening.
Options presented Staff described five concept categories — each would require further engineering and design work before…
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