The City of Shoreline is undertaking a corridor study of the 145th St right-of-way in order to address the safety and traffic problems inherent there and to propose improvements.
Widening the road to include sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and possible additional lanes will affect the households that front 145th and would require some degree of property acquisition.
• How will your home or property be affected? • What are your rights?
Shoreline Public Works Department webpage states:
“The redevelopment of the 145th Street corridor promises to be a significant and complex capital improvement project in the City of Shoreline. The study will include development of a master plan for the proposed improvements to the corridor. The study process will evaluate several options for accommodating multiple travel modes, including vehicles, buses, pedestrians, cyclists, and freight.”
For more information about the meeting contact Janet Way.
Don't listen to the City's spin, Shoreline. One of the study options the City is looking at encompasses widening 145th from four to the size of EIGHT lanes once sidewalks/bikelanes are included. For crying out loud, put the bike lanes off of the HIGHWAYS. Does the Interurban trail sidle up against Aurora south of 105th? No, it doesn't. It goes along Fremont for miles and miles. Would you ride in bike lane along Lake City Way. Not unless you have a death wish. Get a grip Shoreline and keep the bike lanes off the main corridor by a block or so an promote neighborhood greenways.
ReplyDeleteOh for heaven's sake , finally someone said it. PUT THE BIKE LANES OFF THE ROAD! Bicyclists pay not taxes to install or maintain these lanes. They are among the most aggressive travelers on the road. We are destroying roads to accommodate users that RARELY us the lanes. Keep the main, heavily traveled arterials for cars and trucks, they transport people to work and merchandise to support commerce and jobs. What in the world is wrong with moving the bike lanes one block over, force the neighbors to all park on one side of the street and let the bicyclists ignore a less traveled road?
ReplyDeleteWill this demolish the log houses on 145th?
ReplyDeleteSherry, where do you get the idea that cyclists do not pay taxes for roads? A large amount of funding for roads comes from property taxes, which cyclists certainly do pay.
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