News
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Aug. 28, 2024 - The City of Lake Forest Park had a transportation engineering company produce the half-mile design alternative and forwarded it to Sound Transit
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Aug. 15, 2024 - Sound Transit has released a SEPA addendum for the project. There is no comment period or appeal period for this addendum.
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July 11, 2024 - To facilitate planned one-on-one meetings with Sound Transit, the mayor and Council send another letter to Sound Transit asking for the limited design change advocated for by CORE.
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June 25, 2024 - Read Jeff Snedden's presentation to the LFP City Council from June 24, 2024.
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April 13, 2024 - Sound Transit formal response to LFP agrees to shorten bus stop at 165th but continues to use flawed Google data to say continuous BAT lane is needed
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March 12, 2024 - We haven't shared much humor on this site, so check this short YouTube video from Australia's Working Dog Productions
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March 5, 2024 - Read CORE's Sound Transit SR 522/145th BRT Impacts and Alternatives Report
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Jan. 25, 2024 - Attend the 2/21/24 LFP Community Workshop to discuss design options for the new lakefront park, including the idea to convert structures for cabin rentals to defray park maintenance costs.
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Jan 23, 2024 - Please attend the LFP City Council meeting this Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7:00 PM. to show your support for protecting Bsche'tla Creek and Ravine in its review of a proposed 11-unit townhome development dangerously near the threatened creek.
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Jan 4, 2024 - This lidar image of Bsche'tla Creek is a compelling view of the size of this fish-bearing streambed that would be disturbed by the SR 522 BRT project.
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Dec 22, 2023 - Read The Untold Story of Bsche’tla Creek By Brian Saunders, Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation StreamKeepers, about the immediate and extreme risk from proposed development at the rim of the ravine and Sound Transit's widening of SR522 for Bus Rapid Transit.
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Dec 11, 2023 - Sound Transit has quietly requested that the Sound Transit Board approve seven more property acquisitions at the Dec. 14 System Expansion Committee meeting and subsequent approval at the full Board meeting on Dec. 15. One of the new property acquisitions is a small strip of land near 41st and Bothell Way owned by the Sheridan Beach Community Club.
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Oct 30, 2023 - The LFP City Council has formally asked the Sound Transit Board for "a detailed cost-benefit analysis comparing the BAT land and a queue jump with signalized lights".
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Oct 30, 2023 - The LFP City Council has asked Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm to endorse the city's request for a speed-limit reduction on the LFP segment of Bothell Way.
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Oct 9, 2023 - WSDOT has responded to the city’s request to reduce the speed limit and reduce lane widths (see “BRT Letters are available here" on this web page. They argue that though there are more homeowners turning on and off the highway, businesses in the more commercial 35 mph areas of Kenmore turn more often. This plus the BAT lane acts as a safety buffer - but what about those giant buses coming down the hill at 40 mph?
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Sept 24, 2023 - Join LFP mayoral candidate Tom French for his campaign kickoff, Oct. 4 at the LFP Civic Club.
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Sept 22, 2023 - Sound Transit says bus queue jumps aren't feasible because of congestion on Bothell Way, citing Google Maps
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Sept 23, 2023 - Sound Transit publishes summary of August LFP information session. Read CORE's report on the meeting and view CORE's video of the meeting to judge for yourself how accurately this report summarizes the session.
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Sept 12, 2023 - Sound Transit CEO finally responds to Lake Forest Park request for 90-day pause and says an analysis of bus-queue jumps in underway and will be completed by October! We must make sure this is review evaluates alternative designs that will not devastate Lake Forest Park and weighs costs and construction time against BRT performance gains.
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Aug 10, 2023 - Lake Forest Park City Council adopts resolution to ask WSDOT to lower speed limit on SR522 and send a letter to Sound Transit to redesign based on reduced lane widths, lowering/canting the wall to reduce noise. See the technical data. CORE supports lowering the speed but implores the Council to ALSO ask for bus-queues in any redesign and insist that Sound Transit redesigns the SR 522 project based on lower speeds.
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July 30, 2023 - Please attend the Sound Transit sponsored project update at Lake Forest Park Elementary School, this Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Rally at 5:30 PM outside the school preceding the 6:00-7:30 PM Sound Transit meeting. Please also submit questions or "upvote" questions at the Sound Transit site.
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July 14, 2023 - Read about our successful rally and news coverage on King 5 TV.
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July 6, 2023 - Sound Transit CEO, Julie Timm, will appear at the July 13 Lake Forest Park City Council meeting. Please join us in critical rally at 6:30 pm.
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June 30, 2023 - Sound Transit 90% drawings show little change despite opposition to the design from LFP residents and City Council.
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May 25, 2023 - Sound Transit characterizes public comment at the Brookside drop-in as largely positive despite CORE collecting signatures from most attendees who oppose the current design.
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May 21, 2023 - Thanks to over 30 affected property owners for attending the May 18 meeting at the Sheridan Market.
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May 18, 2023 - Read the Urbanist "Controversy Brews in Lake Forest Park" which grossly misrepresents the impact of the retaining wall but also shows that our voices are starting to be heard.
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May 15, 2023 - Read Mike Lindblom's article in the Seattle TImes.
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May 14, 2023 - Thanks to the many residents who showed up and spoke at the May 11 retaining wall meeting. As a result the vote was postponed.
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May 10, 2023 - Read Laurie Spivack's (founder and owner of Goodbye Graffitti) letter offering great insights on retaining wall design.
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May 2, 2023 - Attend the Lake Forest Park retaining wall hearing which will guide the development of Sound Transit's proposed concrete wall that will accompany the bus rapid transit project - as high as 16 feet for the length of 11 football fields along Bothell Way! See proposed ordinance and proposed design guidelines.
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April 5, 2023 - Read David Hepp's analysis of roadway width discrepancies in Sound Transit 60% plans.
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March 30, 2023 - Read state representative Gerry Pollet's opinion of SB 5466.
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March 20, 2023 - Over 800 in our community have signed the petition: read their insightful comments.
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March 15, 2023 - Janet Silver: Consider Another Option - Letters to the Editor.
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March 14, 2023 - Important reminder: Please attend Sound Transit Drop In Open House, Wednesday, March 15 3-7pm, Brookside Elementary School.
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March 7, 2023 - Thanks to nearly 100 people who attended the CORE meeting, including the mayor of Lake Forest Park and several council members. Watch the video (1 hour 19 minutes, audience comments at 45 minutes) - https://youtu.be/STGoIuVGkE0
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March 5, 2023 - Core Article in LFP Town Crier.
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March 4, 2023 - Core Article in the Shoreline News.
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March 3, 2023 - Letter to Sound Transit Board from David Hepp