Transportation Facilities Plan Update
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names, numbers and details may be misheard.
- What: A comprehensive plan docket item to add two shared use paths to the transportation facilities plan and correct the Northeast 72nd Street project description.
- Where it stands: public hearing and study session held October 14. Commissioners asked for responses to public comment and corrections before approving.
- Next: recommendation and report approval expected October 28.
The proposal
- New shared use paths: Northeast 40th Street between 158th and 156th Avenues Northeast (near an apartment project in permitting) and Northeast 70th Street between 188th Avenue Northeast and the Evans Creek Trail.
- The Northeast 72nd Street project is corrected to say it includes a shared use path (staff called it an oversight).
- Project numbers, descriptions and costs would be added to tables three and four and the maps. Staff said costs for the new paths are still to be estimated.
Concerns
- David Morton questioned: whether stream or buffer review was done for the Northeast 70th Street segment, conflicting statements on whether projects are prioritized, missing cost and timeframe for the new rows (and an unchanged estimate for 72nd Street despite added scope), and errors in the technical committee report (page headers, SEPA file number, comment and appeal dates).
- Commissioner Aparna asked that his comments be added to the issues matrix with answers, especially the date anomalies; the chair wanted the cleanup done before approval.
Sources
Discussion time
About 8 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 - Planning Commission | 8 |
Log
- 2026-10-14 - Planning Commission — Public hearing and study session; staff to add costs and respond to public comment before a recommendation on October 28.
- 2026-09-23 - Planning Commission — staff presented two new shared-use path projects (NE 40th Street and NE 70th Street) and a NE 72nd Street change; no vote.
- 2026-10-28 - Planning Commission - Recommendation expected per the October 14 meeting; video recorded, outcome not yet recorded.