For more information, please visit: http://www.kingcounty.gov/services/parks‐

recreation/parks/trails/regional‐trails/popular‐trails/eastside‐rail‐corridor/grant‐proposal.aspx  

TIGER 2017: New Connections for Eastside Innovation Centers

A historic freight railroad, the Eastside Rail Corridor (ERC) is an unparalleled opportunity to transform the 

transportation network for the east side of Lake Washington. As a corridor for commuting, transit, utility access, and 

recreation, the ERC will connect tens of thousands of people to community destinations, services, and economic 

centers, including large employers such as Google, Microsoft, Boeing, T‐Mobile, and Kaiser Permanente. 

TIGER: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery

Together, King County and the City of Kirkland seek to leverage private and local 

funding to construct key connected segments of the Eastside Rail Corridor. King 

County and the City of Kirkland are submitting a joint application requesting $25 

million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER Discretionary 

Grants program. Once completed, the project will provide critical access and safety 

improvements to what will become the most heavily used portion of the corridor. 

Wilburton Center Segment

King County will construct a master plan trail section in Bellevue’s Wilburton  

neighborhood, adjacent to downtown Bellevue and the Spring District  area. It  runs 

from north of I‐90  to NE 8th Street connecting to the East Link Light Rail transit

facility. At the heart of a rapidly growing city, Wilburton is envisioned to include a broader mix of uses to meet the area's expected 110,000 jobs and 21,500housing units by 2035. Once complete, the corridor will connect communities 

to employment centers, health services, and community green spaces while 

accommodating utilities and near‐ and long‐term light rail transit development. 

Totem Lake Connector

The Totem Lake Connector helps manifest Kirkland’s master plan for a

transportation corridor by providing an elevated pedestrian/bicycle  

crossing over the busiest intersection in Kirkland’s designated urban center, 

where more than 3,500 new homes and 550,000 square feet of new development 

is under construction or in the permitting process. This bridge will offer a safe, 

comfortable and engaging route to shopping, parks, schools, medical facilities and 

the urban center’s planned 20,600 jobs. Construction of the Totem Lake 

Connector will also provide a critical link to the overall 42‐mile corridor that 

extends from Renton to Snohomish County. 

The Eastside Rail Corridor 

42 miles long 

2 counties (King and Snohomish counties) 

6 cities (Snohomish, Woodinville, Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, and Renton) 

Sound Transit: regional high capacity transit 

Puget Sound Energy & King County: major utilities 

The Project 

Adding over 2.25 miles of critical connection to 11 miles of locally funded corridor segment

Location: Kirkland and Bellevue 

Partners: King County and the City of Kirkland 

Total Project Cost:      $44 million 

TIGER ask: $25 million

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