Project Summary
General DESCRIPTION
This capital project supports stormwater flows and the regional effort to improve Kokanee salmon populations in Lake Sammamish. The City will remove a stormwater sediment pond, bypass system, and barriers to fish migration from the lake to a point beyond East Lake Sammamish Parkway NE. The project will install improved stormwater culverts that will also be fully fish-passable beneath ELSP, the King County regional trail, and East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane NE. The project will also replace storm drains west of East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane NE with an open channel draining to daylight the creek to Lake Sammamish.
King County remains a critical partner in this project. Upcoming improvements to the East Lake Sammamish Regional Trail require the County to replace the culverts that route George Davis Creek beneath the trail. Additionally, King County will replace the culvert beneath East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane NE.
PROJECT UPDATES
Please see the latest updates on Connect Sammamish.
September 2020: The City continues to work with a consulting team led by PBS Engineering and Environmental for design expertise of this project. PBS recently issued draft plans and specifications (60% complete) and will incorporate comments from the City and other stakeholders before issuing 90% complete documents in mid-November. PBS also submitted application documents to the Corps of Engineers and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the required State and Federal permits. Sammamish will conduct shorelines and environmental review after permit applications are submitted to the City in October.
City staff will also conduct additional public outreach to neighbors and the general public this fall. This effort will provide the community with a greater understanding of the project and explain how it may impact residents.
SCHEDULE
Following public outreach, stakeholder meetings, data review and, preliminary design; first phase concludes with determination of preferred alternative
BUDGET
*City funds must be outlaid for all project costs. Grants operate on a reimbursement basis.
Grants
This project will be funded through a mix of State and regional grants, and Surface Water Fees collected through the City’s stormwater utility.
Government