166th Ave NE Rechannelization and School Zone Improvements Move Forward

Council awarded a bid for the 166th Avenue NE Rechannelization and School Zone and Traffic

Safety Improvements, City Project to Road Construction Northwest, Inc., of Renton, Washington, for the amount bid of $1,075,156.65.  The construction on 166th Ave NE between NE 85th Street and NE 100th Street will include:

· Restriping lanes

· Installing traffic calming medians

· Establishing safe pedestrian crossings at two locations:

o NE 95th Street - installing an overhead flashing beacon, a street luminaire,

and flashing signs

o South of NE 91st Street – installing a crosswalk with a median and

flashing signs

· Signal modifications for protected left onto NE 85th Street

· Constructing curb ramps to current ADA standards  Read More >>

The School Zone Safety Improvements includes constructing combinations of speed

feedback radar signs, rapid flashing beacon signs, curb bulb-outs, and a median crossing

at the following school zones:

· Albert Einstein Elementary

· Audubon Elementary

· Ben Rush Elementary

· Faith Lutheran Elementary

· Norman Rockwell Elementary

· Redmond Middle School

· Horace Mann Elementary

· Redmond High School.

Construction of the improvements at the crosswalk on Bear Creek Parkway at 164th Ave

NE will include:

· Installing rapid flashing beacon signs

· Constructing curb ramps to current ADA standards