Summer is typically a time for cities to begin major capital improvements, and Kirkland citizens can expect more of the same in the coming months.
The first-quarter city update, released on April 8, listed six major improvements upcoming in 2016, aside from planned transportation improvements along Juanita Drive.
The renovation of Waverly Beach Park is scheduled for completion in mid-May. As of late March, construction continued on the new picnic shelter, a new irrigation system and a new sidewalk. Planned additions include a new fiber-reinforced plastic surface for the old wooden dock.
Kirkland will also repave several major streets this summer.
Repaving projects include a stretch of 84th Avenue Northeast in the Finn Hill neighborhood, 93rd Avenue Northeast and 100th Avenue Northeast in Juanita, Slater road on Rose Hill, 132nd Avenue in Kingsgate and a stretch of Northeast 60th Street. The city expects to reseal 15 miles of roads on Finn Hill, Everest and Central Houghton.
Construction along South Rose Hill’s Northeast 80th Street is expected to last all summer as Kirkland replaces the water and sewer main under the street. Construction should wrap up in early fall, and the street will remain open to pedestrian, bicycle and car traffic during construction, though lanes will occasionally need to be closed.
The street will be repaved next summer, according to the city newsletter.
Kirkland residents can expect a handful of downtown residential streets to clog with construction this summer as the city replaces water and sewer mains along Second Street South between First Avenue South and Third Avenue South, as well as on Third Avenue South to State Street South. The work will require several closures of Second Street South.
The city is relocating two water mains, one on Lake Washington Boulevard and another near Cochran Springs Creek, and will add a box culvert to help with flood control and improve fish habitat. Lake Washington Boulevard will close for a 30-day period sometime between the Fourth of July and Oct. 1.
