LYNNWOOD – Residents can get into their cars and take a trip into Lynnwood’s future today.
At an open house, city and state officials will show a conceptualized digital video that predicts how traffic could move if the Lynnwood City Center develops as expected.
This development will create some traffic “hot spots” in the area that will have to be addressed with some kind of road improvements, officials say.
That’s why the city is working with the state to study possible road improvements in the area, ranging from widening local streets to building a new I-5 interchange, said David Mach, project manager for the city. Or, it could include new onramps and offramps at the freeway, he said.
Today’s meeting is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W. In addition to the video, officials will be on hand with display boards to answer questions. Residents’ comments will be sought.
The City Center area, as it is called, was recently rezoned to encourage mid-rise residential and office buildings between 52nd and 36th Avenues W. and I-5 and 194th Street SW. The occupied space in the area is expected to triple, Mach said.
“With the ‘densification’ of that area, it’s going to be interesting trying to figure out how to get people in and out of there,” Mach said.
Other factors will include adjacent road improvements, such as the state’s planned addition of an offramp from southbound I-5 to northbound Highway 525, which could alter traffic around Alderwood mall, Mach said.
The city and state have $1.4 million in federal money to do the study, which they hope to complete by the end of the year.
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