Council opens public hearing on Quail Crossing rezoning and preliminary plat; neighbors raise traffic, noise and density concerns

The Bellevue City Council opened a public hearing Aug. 5 on Ordinance 4188, a rezoning and preliminary plat for the Quail Crossing development at the southwest corner of 40 Second Street and Highway 370.

Kyle Veil, civil engineer with ENA Consulting Group and the project engineer, told the council the current submission modifies a preliminary plat approved in March by removing a short north‑south public street and instead extending an east‑west road (Shannon Drive) through to 40 Fifth Circle. Veil said the change reflected a prospective user’s revised needs and that the planning commission had given unanimous approval to the earlier preliminary plat. "We are proposing to remove that pink segment of road that dips north‑south and instead continue the east‑west road," Veil said.

Traffic and infrastructure: Veil said a traffic study shows most new traffic will use 40 Second Street and the Highway 370 interchange, and the project includes intersection improvements: adding a second westbound left turn…