State money to fund Kirkland trails

Kirkland will receive $2.5 million from the budget of the state capital to build a pedestrian and bicycle connector to join the Redmond Central Connector, the Eastside Rail Corridor, and the Cross Kirkland Corridor.

The new project is known as the Willows Road Regional Trail Connection, and will join Kirkland with the trail network of King County, which will give residents the ability to get to work, or to a transit system, without using motorized vehicles.

The trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail measuring a third of a mile long. It will run along Willows Road between 139th Avenue NE and NE 124th Street. The Eastside Rail Corridor and the Sammamish River trail both run from the Cross Kirkland Corridor to intersections with Willows Road. The first intersects Willows at 139th Avenue NE, while the second meets it at NE 124th Street.

The new trail is planned to be separate and safe, and is designed for shared use. It will join the urban centers of Redmond and Totem Lake, the Wine Country in Woodinville (the city is becoming a destination for wine aficionados), the tech-oriented corridor along Willows Road, along with Totem Lake’s manufacturing and aerospace companies.

Projects like this can impact residents in a number of communities, so officials could consider working with a flyer printing company to create a mailer that will be part of a Mailing targeted to the specific area.


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