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Public and council press for firmer design, enforcement on City Center Greenway shoulder plan

Federal Way Land Use & Transportation Committee · March 3, 2026
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Summary

Public commenter and council members urged stronger design and enforcement for the City Center Greenway, arguing the planned shoulder treatment (not a full sidewalk) could be used for parking and endanger schoolchildren; staff said ditches will be reestablished, no-parking signs installed and enforcement will be needed.

Mike Bullock Ziegler, a Twin Lakes resident, told the Land Use & Transportation Committee that the City Center Greenway design packets lack detail and that a shallow curb/shoulder treatment proposed for the project has been used as informal parking elsewhere in Federal Way.

"Drivers will just use this protected pathway as a private parking spot," Ziegler said, adding that the practice has forced children into the street and undermined the separation the design is meant to…

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