north creek trail

Description

North Creek Trail has been identified as a regional multi-purpose shared use path linking the communities of Bothell, Mill Creek, and Everett . The proposed trail connects to the Regional Sammamish River Trail / Burke –Gilman Trail in King County and with the Snohomish County Regional Interurban Trail at McCollum Park (in Everett).

Over the past two years the City has worked with the City of Mill Creek and Snohomish County to complete planning work for key missing links of this regional trail. As planned and where conditions permit, the shared use path will be a separated, multi-use path, paved, 10 – 12 feet in width. In other areas, the path may consist of existing sidewalks and bicycle lanes along city streets or state highways. In still other areas bicyclists may use the street while pedestrians use a separated path.

At its July 19, 2004 Special Meeting the Bothell City Council after several public meetings and two public hearings elected to proceed with development of a shared use path through Bothell on the alignment depicted in the attached maps. Click on the following links to view images of the selected alignment within the city limits of Bothell.

The development of environmental documentation, plans and specifications for selected phased link projects is expected to begin by late summer of 2004 and be completed and ready for construction by early spring of 2005. The emphasis for design and construction efforts will be from 195th Street NE near SR-405 in King County to 228th Street SE in Snohomish County.

An additional $1,036,000 in grant funding was received in 2004 from the Federal TEA-21 (Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century) program for a total of approximately $1,913,000 in grant funding currently available for the project. The revised cost estimate for the three-miles of path located in Bothell is $7.8 million. The City will continue to pursue additional funding for the remainder of the project.