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The following construction update is from Sound Transit:
Night work needed
Beginning the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 7, Sound Transit’s contractor will be installing underground electrical conduits at the intersection of Central Way & 3rd Street. To minimize traffic impacts, this work will be at night, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The work will take from [...]
Pay event parking available at Municipal Garage, July 18
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to Kirkland Uncorked to be held Friday, July 16 through Sunday, July 18, at Marina Park and the Kirkland Classic Car Show on Sunday, July 18, 2010 in downtown Kirkland. Road closures will occur downtown throughout the weekend; event goers are encouraged [...]
The Washington State Department of Transportation this week launched a campaign to educate the public about all-electronic tolling on SR 520, which will begin in Spring 2011.
WSDOT was tasked by the Legislature to educate the public on how electronic tolling will work and the easiest way for bridge users to make toll payments. The public [...]
After 13 years of thorough analysis and input from thousands of people, we’ve announced the preferred alternative for the I-5 to Medina Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. This is a major milestone in the environmental review process.
The preferred alternative responds to input from the public, the City of Seattle, the University of Washington and environmental [...]
Closure of garage door and changes in pedestrian traffic patterns to be implemented on Monday, April 19, 2010.
Sound Transit and our contractor, Bayley Construction, are working to improve pedestrian safety on 3rd Street. Many people are crossing mid-block on 3rd Street, going to and from the parking garage under the library. Much of 3rd Street [...]
“Pedal of Honor”
The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland guests enjoy free rental (to four hours) of hotel-designated Swobo “Dixon” bicycles; helmets are provided, and bicycles are thoroughly maintained and inspected. This easy, twist-shifting bike model has nine speeds and an alloy frame and fork, making it light yet tough enough to withstand urban abuse. The bicycle initiative [...]
The Kirkland City Council has approved an inter-local agreement between the City of Kirkland and the Cities of Bothell, Issaquah, Redmond and Bellevue for the East King County Bicycle Wayfinding Project. The project will fund the installment of wayfinding signs or pavement markings for cyclists to improve non-motorized modes of transportation.
In Spring 2009, the Parties, [...]
Google has announced a new feature to Google Maps which should make bikers happy by making it easier to find bike-friendly routes in major cities across the USA. The feature is easy to use and seems quite accurate.
Google wanted to customize the look to their maps for cycling to encourage people to use their bikes. [...]
Water main work completed, force main work to begin
With the early morning work last week to tie-in the remaining section of the water main, all of the work to install the new water main under 3rd Street has been completed. This week work has shifted to the installation of the new force main that [...]
Early morning work scheduled for water main tie-in
On the morning of Thursday, March 4, starting at 4:00 a.m. crews will begin to tie-in a new section of the water main under 3rd Street that was recently completed. As the new section of water main is brought into service, the tie-in will temporarily impact water service [...]
If you are in need of parking in downtown Kirkland, and you find yourself on Main Street, and you have a few bucks to spare, pull in to the City’s newest parking lot which opened Monday. The lot is located on the old Antique Mall site and has scores of shiny, new, never-before-parked-in spaces just [...]
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has completed the Eastside Corridor Tolling Study – a traffic and revenue study including potential funding for future improvements and high occupancy toll (HOT) or express toll lanes on I-405 – for the 2010 Washington State Legislature.
The following activities were part of the study:
Develop a plan to operate [...]
Kirkland Transit Center Construction Update - Dec. 17, 2009
Excavation work begins on 3rd Street
Starting today and Friday construction crews are ready to begin excavation work to install a new water main under 3rd Street between Park Lane and Kirkland Avenue. Excavation will start at Park Lane and 3rd Street and will continue south along 3rd Street [...]
Executive given authority to negotiate additional county interest in
transportation corridor
Public ownership of the 42-mile parcel that extends from Renton to Snohomish is closer to becoming reality today with the adoption of an ordinance by the Metropolitan King County Council. The Council has agreed to give the County Executive up to $26.5 million in negotiating [...]
Commuters should expect traffic delays due to the 12k’s of Christmas Holiday Run event to be held on Sunday, December 20, 2009. The following roads will be closed from 9:20 a.m. until the final athlete finishes at approximately 11:40 a.m.:
Road Closures
Intersection of Market Street, Central Way, Lake Shore Plaza and Lake Ave. W (Boat [...]
The City of Kirkland has come to agreement with the owner of the Antique Mall property to turn the unused lot into a pay parking lot for the general public. The property located at 151 3rd Street is just north of the Heathman Hotel and is owned by Ms. Marilyn Dillard. It currently has a cyclone [...]
Kirkland commuters should expect traffic delays due to the Kirkland Downtown Association’s (KDA) annual Tree Lighting Ceremony to be held on Saturday, November 28, 2009. The following downtown roads will be closed from approximately 2:00 to 9:00 p.m.:
Eastbound and westbound lanes of Lake Street from Central Way to 2nd Avenue South
Eastbound and westbound lanes [...]
The Seattle P-I has posted a reader question asking who gets the right of way at traffic circles (also known as ’round abouts’ to our friends from the British Isles). Kirkland neighborhoods have many such traffic circles — Norkirk alone must have over three hundred. Even the casual observer will notice there seems to be [...]
TRAFFIC ALERT
NE 85th Street Geotechnical Borings
(NE 85th Street Corridor and Intersecting Side Streets)
What: The City of Kirkland has issued a permit to a geotechnical consulting company to perform geotechnical borings and soils reconnaissance on NE 85th street from 120th Avenue NE to 132nd Avenue NE, and at the intersection of 85th Street at 114th [...]
This simulation shows Option A, one of three west side design options currently under environmental review for the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. Option A is most similar to today’s configuration, with the addition of a second Montlake drawbridge over the Montlake Cut.
This WSDOT video depicts preliminary design information and is provided for [...]
City of Kirkland Public Works Construction Update Notice: Downtown Kirkland Transit Center
What: Construction is ready to begin on the Kirkland Transit Center project in downtown Kirkland. Bayley Construction has been selected as the contractor for the project and URS Corp will provide construction management services.
What to expect: Bayley Construction has mobilized on site and a [...]
