{"id":29411,"date":"2017-07-17T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/city-of-kent-to-start-work-on-132nd-avenue-se-pedestrian-path\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T13:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:30:45","slug":"city-of-kent-to-start-work-on-132nd-avenue-se-pedestrian-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/city-of-kent-to-start-work-on-132nd-avenue-se-pedestrian-path\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Kent to start work on 132nd Avenue SE pedestrian path"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crews will soon start work on a new pedestrian path along 132nd Avenue Southeast<\/a> on Kent’s East Hill.<\/p>\n

The City Council approved on July 5 a $948,625 contract with Auburn-based R.W. Scott Construction to build the 5-foot wide concrete and asphalt pathway on the west side of road between Southeast 251st Street and Southeast 268th Street.<\/p>\n

”The path on the west side varies from 3 to 4 feet to nothing,” City Public Works Director Tim LaPorte said to the council. “It has a lot of traffic day and night. This has been sorely needed for a long tim.”<\/p>\n

Kent inherited 132nd Avenue Southeast from King County as part of the Meridian and Panther Lake annexations. Developments along the street added some sidewalks and paths but nothing connects for a long stretch.<\/p>\n

The city will pay the majority of the costs but received a $473,000 grant from the state’s Transportation Improvement Board. Crews are expected to complete the project this fall.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a sidewalk, it’s a path, because sidewalks would be much more than we can afford right now,” LaPorte said.<\/p>\n

Crews will add a flashing beacon at a crosswalk near Southeast 253rd Street to help people get to Wilson Playfields. Pedestrians will be able to push a button to get a flashing light to alert drivers that people want to cross the street.<\/p>\n

Drivers will see alternating lane closures along the street over the next couple of weeks as crews make water system improvements to prepare for the upcoming pedestrian path project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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