Good news for those of you who’ve been following the SR 523/145th Street Corridor Project – the City of Shoreline has recently been awarded $25 million for the project. With the help of this funding, SR 523/145th Street will eventually link light rail at 145th to I-5, Aurora and RapidRide service, SR522 and north lake cities, Shoreline Community College, and future transit oriented communities. That means that sometime in the future, our campus will be an easier commute for our community!

If you’re not familiar with the project, here’s a bit of background via Shoreline Area News. In early 2015, the City began a year-long process to prepare a corridor study for the 145th Street Corridor. The study will include development of one or more improvement concepts to address pedestrian and bicycle mobility, safety and operations, transit speed and reliability, and freight mobility on the corridor. The $25 million awarded the City of Shoreline will go towards making those improvements and will help the City in leveraging additional money through federal, state, and local grants, much as was done with the Aurora Corridor project. Grants paid for 88% of the Aurora improvements.

As the roadway is currently owned and maintained by multiple jurisdictions, the City will be working closely with WSDOT, King County, and the City of Seattle on the design and construction of any improvements along the Corridor. The City is also working closely with King County, and the cities of Seattle, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, and Kenmore to ensure Sound Transit adds transit links in ST3 funding to connect SR 522 to 145th and Light Rail.