by Jack Mayne
Reposted from the B-Town Blog
The Burien City Council approved (July 21, 2014) an interagency agreement between the city and King County to build a portion within the city of a public trail.
Brian Roberts, assistant public works director, said the Lake to Sound Trail is a 16-mile long and 12-feet wide path that will connect Lake Washington to Puget Sound via Renton, Tukwila, SeaTac, Burien and Des Moines. When finished, Roberts said it would connect many businesses, including Boeing, along with public transportation hubs, as well as provide outdoor recreation for residents.
The segment in Burien would be on the east side of Des Moines Memorial Drive between the SR-509 freeway and Normandy Road, “mostly in existing right-of-way,” he said. King County would design and pay to build the trail, but the city would pay for work, then bill the county for reimbursement. When it is done, the county will deed the parts of the trail in Burien to the city.
“In the end, the city ends up with no direct cost to the city, able to possess a state of the art segment of a regional trail which we will maintain and preserve indefinitely,” said Roberts.
Read more HERE on RentonReporter.com
Read the King County Feasibility Study HERE.
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