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Neighborhood Greenways (North Rose Hill, South Rose Hill)

Project typePedestrian and bicyclist safety
Project value$1.78 million
Project scheduleWinter - Fall 2021
Contractor nameRodarte Construction

WHAT: The City of Kirkland plans to begin construction in January 2021 on what will be its first two neighborhood greenways in a city-wide network of them. The greenways are on South Rose Hill's Northeast 75th Street corridor and North Rose Hill's 128th Avenue Northeast corridor. Greenways are transportation corridors where walking and bicycling are the primary modes of travel and driving is the alternative form.

WHY: Greenways enable people to ride bicycles or walk to destinations without having to share the busier streets with automobiles. This contributes to the City of Kirkland's vision for a multi-modal transportation network, designed to give residents more options for how they get around the city.

WHEN: The project engineer expects construction to start in January 2021 and finish in the spring.

Discussions

Timeline

Design

Fall 2017 - Fall 2020

Construction

Winter 2021 - Fall 2021

Updates and information

Update (Aug. 21, 2020) -- The City of Kirkland plans to begin establishing a variety of features along Northeast 75th Street and 128th Avenue Northeast by spring 2021 that will transform the two residential streets into Kirkland’s first two neighborhood greenways.

The City will add rapid flashing beacons, 20-mile-per-hour speed-limit signs and other devices to slow traffic. The project earned a $692,000 state grant in 2019 that will pay for several of its features, including an elevated intersection between Holy Family Catholic Parish and Lake Washington High School. Greenways are connective corridors, where walking and bicycling are the primary forms of transportation.

Northeast 75th Street(PDF, 9MB)

128th Avenue Northeast(PDF, 14MB)

How the 128th Avenue Northeast Greenway interacts with the Northeast 75th Street Greenway(PDF, 1MB)