Seattle Parks and Recreation and Seattle Department of Transportation are working to improve public street ends and increase shoreline access. Select street ends along Lake Washington, Lake Union, Puget Sound and other waterways in Seattle provide physical and/or visual access to the shoreline and water for all Seattle residents to enjoy.
This summer, construction will begin at six sites throughout the city, including the McGraw Street End.
Located in Magnolia on Perkins Lane, this site provides a low bank access to the
Puget Sound with views of the Olympic Mountains. Proposed improvements include a pathway to shoreline and a picnic table/bench.
Additional improvements to all projects may include signs and native landscaping.
The Parks and Green Spaces Levy provides funding for planning, design, permitting and construction for these projects. Seattle voters passed the Parks and Green Spaces in November 2008. The $146 million Levy provides improvements to neighborhood play areas, improved playfields, reservoir-lid parks, community gardens, safety upgrades at city-owned cultural facilities and funding for a healthy ecosystem for Seattle.
For more information on the street-end projects, visit seattle.gov/parks/levy/environment.htm, or contact Cheryl Eastberg at (206) 386-4381
For more information on the Shoreline Street Ends Program, visit www.seattle.gov/transportation/stuse_stends.htm.
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