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Kirkland Transit Center
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- Improve speed and reliability of bus service
- Smooth traffic flow around the Transit Center
- Enhance pedestrian safety and bicycle amenities
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Project Overview
Sound Transit is building a new transit center in downtown Kirkland, replacing the existing 22-year-old facility. This important transportation project will improve local and express bus service to the heart of downtown.
The Kirkland Transit Center will make it easier for people to use transit to get to some of Kirkland's key destinations -- the pool and fields of Peter Kirk Park, the Kirkland Performance Center, as well as the new expanded Kirkland Library. A new park trellis will serve as a gateway to the park. New trees, landscaping and a pedestrian-friendly design will welcome riders into Kirkland, just a few blocks from the marina and downtown shipping. The new transit center will be completed by the end of 2010.
Public Art
Artist Carolyn Law is creating a "place to be" within the new transit center. Large granite blocks will line the stairs creating another outdoor resting place along the path of Peter Kirk Park and the new Kirkland Library.
What to Expect
- Construction started November 16, 2009.
- Work hours are scheduled between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm. Emergency vehicle access will be maintained throughout the construction process.
- Transit operations have been relocated to Central Way and also along 6th Street.
- All southbound lanes on Third Street are closed; one lane of northbound traffic will remain open on Third Street between Kirkland Avenue and Central Way throughout the duration of the project.
- Park Lane between Main Street and Third Street is closed during construction.
- Detours have been set up for pedestrians to avoid the construction areas.
- There will be work in the intersections of Third Street and Kirkland Avenue as well as Third Street and Central Way however traffic impacts at the intersections will be kept at a minimum.
- Kirkland Parks Department will continue to remove and relocate trees which meet the viability and survivability test for relocation. The trees are being planted in Woodlands Park, Everest Park and Rose Hill Meadows.
Working Together
Sound Transit is coordinating with the City of Kirkland, King County Wastewater Treatment Division and King County Library System.
This project is funded by Sound Transit. For more information, visit http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/Project-List/Kirkland-Transit-Center.xml.
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Contact Information |
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Roger Iwata
Sound Transit
Community Outreach Specialist
(206) 689-4909
Kari Page
City of Kirkland
Community Outreach Coordinator
(425) 587-3011
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