Discussion on
safety in Klahanie
The safety of pedestrians in Klahanie will be the topic of discussion at an open house on April 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Challenger Elementary School.
The open house is hosted by the King Country Road Services Division and plans to discuss potential pedestrian safety improvements on Klahanie Drive Southeast/Southeast Klahanie Boulevard.
The Klahanie neighborhoods were first built about 20 years ago, and the county plans to update many of the existing crosswalks on the main streets in the community and would like community input.
At the meeting, Road Services engineers will describe a variety of potential construction plans including streetlights at crosswalks, radar speed signs and/or shortening the crosswalk distance by adding extending curbing.
For those unable to attend the meeting, comments can also be submitted by e-mail to betty.gulledge-bennett@kingcounty.gov or in writing to: Betty Gulledge-Bennett, King County Dept. of Transportation Community Relations, KSC-TR-0824, 201 S Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104 or by voice message at 206-263-4515.
All comments are due by Friday, May 9.
Metro brings
more to area
In less than six months Sammamish and Issaquah area bus riders will receive extended coverage in their services through a partnership between King County Metro Transit, three local cities and Microsoft.
“By combining our resources, more than 20 public and private partners are leveraging voter-approved tax dollars to generate even more transit service for King County’s residents and commuters,” said King County Executive Ron Sims in a press release. “We are the first transit agency in the country to initiate this kind of partnership, so these mark another innovative Transit Now milestone for King County.”
The ordinance, which has now been signed, formalized an agreement that adds more trips on at least 25 existing routes and traffic improvements on city streets. The process is expected to take place over the next several years.
Expanded services within the Issaquah and Sammamish area are expected to take place this September after an agreement with Issaquah, Sammamish, Redmond and Microsoft that provides more service on Route 269. Service will now run every 20 minutes during peak commute times.
