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Kenmore adopts six-year transportation plan with new sidewalks, bike lanes and roundabout candidates
Summary
Kenmore City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 26-448 updating the city’s six-year Transportation Improvement Plan, adding sidewalk and ped-bike projects and listing roundabout candidates; staff said many projects are grant-dependent and operation-and-maintenance costs will be refined in the CIP.
The Kenmore City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 26-448 on Tuesday to amend the city’s six-year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), adding several sidewalk, ped-bike and roadway projects and listing intersection roundabouts as candidates.
Engineering Director John Vicente told the council the TIP is a planning document required by state law (RCW) and that included projects are not fiscally constrained; the TIP is intended to make projects grant-ready and show how the city expects to use transportation-related funds over the next six years. New projects in the draft included sidewalk extensions on 65th Avenue and 67th Avenue NE, a separated pedestrian-and-bike facility on 84th Avenue NE, an expanded 155th Street project, reconstruction of 65th Place to address groundwater issues and two roundabout candidates (61st/193rd and 80th/192nd).
Vicente described the 65th Place reconstruction as a response to groundwater seeping through the roadway and said options could include a French drain, relocation of sidewalk to preserve trees and full roadway rebuilding. The 84th Avenue NE and 155th Street projects would add separated bike facilities and buffers where possible. Vicente also said the TIP now shows estimated annual operation and maintenance impacts for each project (approximate values to be refined in the CIP stage) and that funding would come from a mix of local street funds, the city’s capital program and utility funds depending on the work.
Council members asked about prioritization and timing. Vicente said projects are prioritized from the city’s Pedestrian Facilities Plan and that staff targets grant-ready projects with the best chance of securing external funding. Roundabouts are harder to secure grant funding for because they typically must demonstrate capacity problems; Vicente said the city could save local funds for safety-focused projects such as a mini-roundabout at 182nd/68th if it chose to do so.
The resolution was approved by roll call vote with unanimous support; no members opposed. Vicente said the TIP would be filed with the Washington State Secretary of Transportation and that detailed operational costs will be refined during the CIP process.
