City purchases Savage Moose property

The City of Kenmore purchased the Savage Moose property (corner of NE 181st ST & 61st Avenue NE) as part of a long-range environmental stewardship plan.

The property sits on a stream culvert identified as a fish passage barrier. Future planned work will reconnect fish passage in the stream from Lake Washington to the site and ultimately further up the stream. The property is adjacent to the former “Jack in the Box” property, which is now a WSDOT stream culvert replacement project; demo work on that site begins this summer.

The City’s project  is still 4-5 years out and will connect to WSDOT’s project, once completed. For the time being, the City plans to maintain the Savage Moose lease with no change to operations for the foreseeable future.

The funding for the purchase is from dedicated funding sources specific to culvert replacement work including a King County Conservation Futures grant and Surface Water Management Funds – which are restricted funds and can only be used for these types of projects; the funding from this project does not come out of the City’s general operating budget. 

More Sidewalks and Bike Lanes in Kenmore

June brings another construction project to Kenmore at 80^th Avenue NE. A Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvement project kicks off in June. 80^th Avenue NE between SR 522 and NE 185^th St will be restricted to local access, and a detour route will be in place for all other traffic.

The goal of this project is to provide a safer street for pedestrians and bicyclists through traffic calming measures, continuous sidewalks on both sides of the street, added bike lanes, and marked crosswalks. For more information, visit our project webpage: 80^th Avenue NE.