Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:24 am

Costco to build gas station in Kirkland… where and when?

Tagged with: , ,
Posted by Rob Butcher on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 9:26
This news item was posted in Business category and has 5 Comments so far.

Costco has plans on the table to add a gas station to its flagship warehouse in Kirkland. Needless to say, many in the North Rose Hill neighborhood are less than pleased at the thought of a gas station intruding further into their neighborhood. The as yet unnamed site will definitely get well vetted by the city under the watchful eyes of the neighbors. Potential issues already identified by the city include:

  • concerns regarding impacts on air quality
  • wetlands
  • pedestrian safety
  • cut-through traffic

What are your views? Would the addition of a gas station at Costco be something you would support?

Print This Article Print This Article

Related Articles

You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Costco to build gas station in Kirkland… where and when?”

  1. roger
    23 May, 2008, 9:17

    We would hope it would be on same lot that store is on!

    [Reply]

  2. jiminkirkland
    2 June, 2008, 20:41

    Why is this even an issue. Does any out there think that cheap gas will come back? Any one who buys gas at Costco saves real dollars. People buy gas somewhere anyway, so the traffic that comes to Costco won’t go someplace else.

    You’d think that competition would keep prices a bit lower, but buyers still go to the 76 station diagonally across from the ARCO on Rose Hill–it’s always considerably more expensive there.

    [Reply]

  3. The Ghost of Peter Kirk
    2 June, 2008, 23:34

    eenvironmental concerns must be addressed, but wouldn’t we all like to get cheaper gas in Kirkland?

    When the Costco stores in Bellevue and Redmond open, traffic to this store will drop off, so any additional traffic for gas will be mitigated.

    [Reply]

    mike nienaber Reply:

    When the Issaquah and Woodinville stores opened, there was only a slight softening of traffic at the Kirkland store and then it resumed to a higher level.

    [Reply]

  4. Leonson
    15 June, 2008, 13:59

    As a fellow Kirkland resident can I say ‘Waaah’. I’m considerably more concerned with the 60,000+ commuters per month that will be coming through with the Google-plex.

    And I wouldn’t mind it being down near the Costco, except that the light at 85th & 120th is one of the worst ever.

    [Reply]

Leave a Reply