Written by Renton, Newcastle, and King County have been collaborating on a Street improvement project, which will replace the May Creek bridge and complete two lanes each direction on Coal Creek Parkway, from Renton to Newcastle. When completed, this will no-doubt make life easier for drivers heading North from Renton Highlands.
We were relieved that Newcastle has found a bridge builder who can leave the existing May Creek bridge in place while building the new one, ensuirng that we don’t lose connectivity between Renton and Newcastle during the year of constuction.
However, Renton Council has recently been informed that the project will over-run by $3,000,000 if we try to leave Coal Creek (Duval) open during the widening…so a detour has been proposed to council that would use Union Ave, then cut-over to Duval at 95th Ave. The detour would last one year.
Council has not acted formally on this proposal yet, but we are already getting resident feedback.
What do you think we should do? $3,000,000 is a lot of taxpayer money, but some of the concerns seem justified. Are there mitigating steps we could take?
Here is an email we just recieved on this topic.
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