Shoreline, Kenmore get funding for roadway safety

Shoreline and Kenmore are among forty Washington cities that will receive a share of $50 million in federal safety funds to construct 75 street improvement projects. According to WSDOT, “these projects will reduce intersection-related collisions on city streets and on state highways that serve as city arterials.”

The City of Shoreline was awarded $2,178,589 towards access management for Aurora Avenue North (State Route 99) from N. 192nd St. to N. 205th St. and $350,000 "to re-time traffic signals and install audible pedestrian push buttons and countdown pedestrian signal displays city-wide."

The City of Kenmore received $250,000 to “improve the visibility of traffic signals, improve traffic signal timing and change traffic signal phasing, rechannelize and restrict parking, install school zone flashing beacons, and install countdown pedestrian signal displays and audible pedestrian push buttons.

Neighboring cities getting awards included Edmonds, Lynnwood, and Bothell.

Construction for some projects will begin this summer with most projects being completed during the next three years, by fall 2015. For more information on these projects, visit WSDOT’s City Safety Program.